Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 09:18:31 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@freebsd.org> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 3.0 -release ? Message-ID: <199712031718.JAA03289@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Dec 1997 12:02:40 GMT." <34854A60.829AB149@freebsd.org>
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> I believe that it is *critical* that we don't set up any false > hopes, and extolling the virtues of half baked code is something > to avoid. Some of my code has been in that category, and I hope > that we have learned from those mistakes. It is okay, for example, > given the state of the code, for us to say that SMP works in -current. > That warns the users of the beta or even incomplete nature of the > implementation. More and more, we are in the position of FreeBSD's > performance and quality being "paraphrased: better than expected", > but of course not perfect. I hope that we stay in that position. > > Perhaps we are getting more conservative, but that is probably > natural given the project's maturing. One thing for sure, if we > start becoming overly conservative and stagnent, I will be one to > try to push things along. > > I tend to agree with the position that we have more time to go before > 3.0 is ready... Those users who really really want SMP, kernel > threads, AIO or whatever fancy new feature that is going into > -current will have to realize that the code is pre-release and > immature, and tracking the code will require more effort than code > that is released and stabilized. I am not asking to set up any false hopes rather for a target date or as some has said a target season to ensure that the project stays focus and perhaps if someone comes up with a list of known problems or goals you *may* actually get help --- that is if the project needs it. Best Regards, Amancio
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