From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 12 17:26:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8B391065672 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:26:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc3-s31.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s31.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D2708FC24 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:26:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY126-DS7 ([65.55.131.34]) by bay0-omc3-s31.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:26:36 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [69.243.61.156] X-Originating-Email: [millenia2000@hotmail.com] Message-ID: From: "Sean Cavanaugh" In-Reply-To: <200811121259.25046.jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za><20081112120147.GA62386@slackbox.xs4all.nl> To: "Joe S" , "Roland Smith" References: <200811121259.25046.jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za><20081112120147.GA62386@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:26:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Unsent: 1 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V12.0.1606 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Dec 2008 17:26:36.0716 (UTC) FILETIME=[C926AEC0:01C95C7E] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jonathan McKeown Subject: Re: Release schedules X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:26:36 -0000 -------------------------------------------------- From: "Joe S" Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 12:20 PM To: "Roland Smith" Cc: ; "Jonathan McKeown" Subject: Re: Release schedules > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:01 AM, Roland Smith wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:59:24PM +0200, Jonathan McKeown wrote: >>> I've been biting my tongue about this because I'm not sure that I can >>> offer >>> any help or useful suggestions, but here goes... >>> >>> What on earth is going on with release scheduling? >> >> Two words: volunteer project >> >> I would propose to do away with the release schedule altogether, or make >> it very succinct; >> >> next release: when it's done. > > What? Isn't that the Linux kernel schedule? > > Give me a break. The OpenBSD team of volunteers makes a new release > every six months, with target release dates in May and November. I > can't recall a slip of even one day. I know, this isn't OpenBSD, but > it proves that a regular release schedule is indeed possible. also remember that 6.4 was being worked on at the same time. there's only a finite number of people to spread across both projects. finalization of 7.1 should come faster as 6.4 has been released