From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Aug 3 11: 0:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from pc1-cove4-0-cust214.bir.cable.ntl.com (pc1-cove4-0-cust214.bir.cable.ntl.com [213.105.93.214]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A9D637B412 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 11:00:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ianjhart@ntlworld.com) Received: from ntlworld.com (alpha.private [192.168.0.2]) (authenticated) by pc1-cove4-0-cust214.bir.cable.ntl.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f73I0LF03133; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 19:00:21 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from ianjhart@ntlworld.com) Message-ID: <3B6AE6B5.EC8E01F3@ntlworld.com> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 19:00:21 +0100 From: ian j hart X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Meyer Cc: "stable@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: RELENG_4_3 calls itself -RELEASE? References: <01080300314100.00395@spatula.home> <20010802170621.A7087@freeway.dcfinc.com> <01080301194203.00395@spatula.home> <20010802234312Z.jkh@freebsd.org> <15210.50539.1049.210763@guru.mired.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Meyer wrote: > > Jordan Hubbard types: > > I vote we call the new branch "4.4-CABBAGE" since that has absolutely > > no prior connotations (related to software, anyway) for anyone and is > > self-evidently chosen to very deliberately not suggest anything, > > except perhaps that it might be a good time for some Borscht or a > > little Sauerkraut, in the reader's mind. I would also be content > > with RUTABAGA or BEET. > > Only if we also rename -STABLE and -CURRENT to match. Personally, I > like flightless birds - preferably extinct - but I can understand why > that doesn't appeal to others. > > Leaving it at -RELEASE isn't all that bad. The original complaint was > that it was a surprise. As others have noted, we deal with that kind > of thing all the time. Either way, -RELEASE is what's approved by the > release engineer. We will have to change the documentation to match, > though. When you log on and MOTD tells you you have 4.3-RELEASE how do you know _which_ 4.3-RELEASE you have. The one with a broken telnetd or the one without. (You need to check the date of course). What if you have x00 4.3-RELEASE machines to secure? Checking files will take a lot longer than reading the MOTD and the build date. That assuming you haven't been rooted already of course. ;) > > -- > Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- ian j hart To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message