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From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@highperformance.net>
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Subject: Drop "New Technology" Moniker
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I have said this in the past.  Now seems like a pertinent time to express 
this opinion again.

Please let -STABLE be stable and -CURRENT be the development branch. 
Please do not call anything from the -CURRENT branch a -RELEASE.  Please do 
not label code as a "new technology release" as a notional label.  Please 
either release the code or don't.

Instead of waiting for a "dot-oh" release to know that the next major 
version of FreeBSD is ready for prime time, users wait for a "this time we 
really mean it" release announcement.  The difference is mostly semantic. 
The old way was more rigorous.  I like the old way better.

Thanks,
Jason C. Wells