From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jun 28 21:55: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B70A37C25C for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 21:55:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@earthlink.net) Received: from dialin-client.earthlink.net (pool0906.cvx20-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net [209.179.253.141]) by emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA12345; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 21:54:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by dialin-client.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA00577; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 21:53:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 21:51:42 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Brett Glass Cc: Neil Blakey-Milner , Brooks Davis , Francisco Reyes , FreeBSd Chat list Subject: Re: Why can't upgrades be simpler? Message-ID: <20000628215142.C451@dialin-client.earthlink.net> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000627131107.0449d500@localhost> <200006270352.XAA29208@sanson.reyes.somos.net> <200006270352.XAA29208@sanson.reyes.somos.net> <20000626232045.A17065@orion.ac.hmc.edu> <4.3.2.7.2.20000627131107.0449d500@localhost> <20000628095257.A44982@mithrandr.moria.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20000628112835.00de8710@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000628112835.00de8710@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 11:32:40AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 11:32:40AM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: [snip] > The problem with the current system is that so much of the development > of the "stable" branch, from the .0 release on, is "backporting." It > shouldn't be. The "stable" branch should be the focus of at least as > much attention as the next "experimental" release. You are one of the proponents of keeping STABLE as "stable" as possible. We all have heard several times that you never start using a new release until x.2. Now, you want the active development done on this stable branch? It seems that you want to have your cake and eat it too (to use a cliche that never made much sense to me). -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message