Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 08:51:57 -0700 From: Joe Kelsey <joek@mail.flyingcroc.net> To: freebsd-gnome <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Mozilla 1.1 is stable *not* devel. Message-ID: <3D762C1D.4090609@flyingcroc.net>
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If you actually *read* the roadmap, it clearly shows a twin-track approach to mozilla development, *both* tracks being *stable* releases. It is unfortunate that someone used the words "bleeding edge" on the front page, which seems to have led you off into the woods on this issue. If you had bothered to ask the mailing list about the issue before plunging ahead, I would have posted sooner on this issue. Clearly, the roadmap shows *quarterly* stable releases of mozilla along with long-term support for the 1.0 vendor branch. That means a twin-track stable release. That means that the only viable alternative for ports is to support mozilla10 as a stable port, and mozilla as tracking the quarterly stable incrementation of mozilla. Any port which chooses to depend on the vendor stable branch, should be made to depend on mozilla10 (galeon comes to mind). Anyone who wants the latest stable release of mozilla clearly wants to track the quarterly stable release in the straight mozilla branch. This is how the mozilla port has traditionally tracked, up until your sudden change. Please remove mozilla-devel as it is a complete misunderstanding on your part of what the mozilla roadmap indicates. I have sent a note to mozilla.org asking them to reconsider the unfortunate labeling of 1.1 as "bleeding edge" as it is clearly more stable and reliable than 1.0. 1.0 contains many instabilities and bugs, such as the DNS bug, major plugin instability, freetype errors, etc. Your choice of port distinction for mozilla is unsupportable and was not well considered, especially since you did it with no notice to anyone other than that you claim you consulted unknown parties about it. Please undo it and then make mozilla the quarterly stable release tracking port and mozilla10 the vendor branch tracking port. /Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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