From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 16 21:12:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from sanson.reyes.somos.net (freyes.static.inch.com [216.223.199.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4682237B719 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2001 21:12:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fran@reyes.somos.net) Received: from zoraida.reyes.somos.net (zoraida.reyes.somos.net [192.168.10.6]) by sanson.reyes.somos.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA29214; Sat, 17 Mar 2001 00:01:23 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from fran@reyes.somos.net) Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 00:16:37 -0500 (EST) From: Francisco Reyes To: Mike Meyer Cc: Haikal Saadh , Subject: Re: 4.3-BETA In-Reply-To: <15025.56670.539540.505724@guru.mired.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > Haikal Saadh types: > > > > --- Matthew Emmerton wrote: > > > > What is a BETA system? Is it similiar to CURRENT? > > > > > > Please search through the mailing list archives > > > before asking questions. > > > This has been answered many times over the last two > > > weeks. > Or maybe just read the FAQ http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#dmin.html#RELEASE-CANDIDATE >, > which makes it clear that the name changes just identify what point of > the release cycle that particular snapshot of -STABLE is at. I have seen several people tell Haikal to read the FAQ, etc.... I really have to agree with him. I don't think having a "Beta" label on what is defined in the handbook as "Stable" is a good idea. By definition a "new user" to FreeBSD is someone who doesn't know yet what are the right places to read/check. He did mentioned having read something on the Handbook so he is along the right lines, but if we expect ever single new user to know where to look then we are not expecting them to be new users. I think responses like the ones he got are the reason we consistantly over the years get views of sometimes been unfrienly to new users. Perhaps a label of "Pre-Release" may be less confusing. "Beta" sure gives the wrong impression. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message