From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jan 14 18:29:16 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA27440 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 18:29:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from janus.syracuse.net (janus.syracuse.net [205.232.47.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA27419 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 18:29:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from green@unixhelp.org) Received: from localhost (green@localhost) by janus.syracuse.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA13963; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 21:27:35 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 21:27:35 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Feldman X-Sender: green@janus.syracuse.net To: "Matthew D. Fuller" cc: Sheldon Hearn , FreeBSD current users Subject: Re: A closed developers list (follows on from Thanks Core Team) In-Reply-To: <19990114194845.Y12236@futuresouth.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > [ Past time to trim CC's ] > > On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 03:45:24AM +0200, a little birdie told me that Sheldon Hearn remarked > > > > And they're not commit-related e-mails? > > See appended. > > ******************************* > > >From majordom@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 14 19:45:13 1999 > Return-Path: > Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) > by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA24662 > for ; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 19:45:12 -0600 (CST) > Delivered-To: vmailer-cvs-all@freebsd.org > Received: by hub.freebsd.org (VMailer, from userid 1) > id 4E738969B; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:38:21 -0800 (PST) > Received: (from majordom@localhost) > by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA21136 > for cvs-all-outgoing; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:38:19 -0800 (PST) > (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) > Received: from enya.clari.net.au (enya.clari.net.au [203.8.14.116]) > by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA21130 > for ; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:38:14 -0800 (PST) > (envelope-from danny@enya.clari.net.au) > Received: from localhost (danny@localhost) > by enya.clari.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA21140; > Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:36:52 +1100 (EST) > (envelope-from danny@enya.clari.net.au) > Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:36:52 +1100 (EST) > From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" > To: Garrett Wollman > Cc: committers@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Y2K compliance question > In-Reply-To: <199901150051.TAA26690@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> > Message-ID: > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG > Precedence: bulk > Status: RO > Content-Length: 1202 > Lines: 32 > > > > On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Garrett Wollman wrote: > > > We believe that there are no bugs remaining which would cause > > erroneous operation of a previously working system; however, there may > > be some problems remaining in user-interface functionality and > > third-party software. > > Right now, FreeBSD-current is *NOT* y2k compliant. I know that there > *are* bugs remaining. > > Can I ask people to tone down the statements of y2k compliance which they > hand out, please. Perhaps someone with better PR skills than I can dream > up some way of saying "most of the y2k problems are sorted out, but we are > presently conducting a review of the system and standard software." > > Since I started my review, I have found y2k problems with tar, cvs, xntpd. > Calendar is looking suspicious, and you never know what beasties lurk > around the corner. Tar {was,is} not written by the FreeBSD or UCB, same as cvs and xntpd. They are not part of FreeBSD the OS, they're part of FreeBSD's set of utilities. > > I'm glad that the date for 3.1 has been put back, because I'd like to > progress further into the review-and-fix cycle before it is released. I'm > not going to get much further without assistance, though. Many thanks to > Nathan and Mark who *have* assisted so far. > > Danny > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message > > > ***************************************** > > --- > > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > | Matthew Fuller http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd | > * fullermd@futuresouth.com fullermd@over-yonder.net * > | UNIX Systems Administrator Specializing in FreeBSD | > * FutureSouth Communications ISPHelp ISP Consulting * > | "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, | > * because I haven't figured out how to light the * > | middle yet" | > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > Brian Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ green@unixhelp.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ http://www.freebsd.org/ _ __ ___ ____ | _ \__ \ |) | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ ___ ____ _____ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message