Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 15:28:28 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com>, <bright@wintelcom.net>, <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, <arch@FreeBSD.ORG>, <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: NO MORE '-BETA' Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0103161514370.25253-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <20010316130917.A99286@mollari.cthul.hu>
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 10:41:24AM -0800, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > > > Ok, so we have reports of confusion on the mailing lists, usenet and > > > IRC. Jordan, where can I pick up a set those blinders you have on? > > > > Chill, Albert. I think we've already established that a) It's the > > newvers.sh "BETAness" that's really freaking people out and b) That > > you've yet to supply any practical name alternative, you're just > > whining about it at this point. > > I suggested "-PRERELEASE" as a more friendly alternative. I suppose we could just keep it X.Y-STABLE right up until newvers.sh is changed and the X.(Y+1)-RELEASE tag is laid down immediately afterwards... Obviously developers and others tracking -STABLE will already know when we're in a "BETA" stage (since they're on the appropriate mailing lists, or should be), others don't really need to be "bothered" with that fact. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For IA32 and Alpha architectures. IA64, PPC, and ARM under development. http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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