Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 16:59:18 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: "Jeffrey D. Wheelhouse" <jdw@wwwi.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IP bugs in FreeBSD 2.1.5 Message-ID: <14388.845423958@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 15 Oct 1996 14:00:16 PDT." <199610152100.OAA03005@wwwi.com>
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> It's just that when someone says "I have a problem," and the answer is > "We fixed that in the version you shouldn't use." That is like saying > "Have this yummy cupcake," and then putting the cupcake behind 2 inches > of plexiglass with "WARNING: hard hat area; experts only" painted on it. This is a valid point, and I'll agree with you that some folks probably should be a little *less* willing to suggest running 2.2 to anyone who comes forward with a problem which we know we've fixed in the -current branch. I do it myself, and it's damn easy to forget this when one's perspective of -current is so much different than the "party line" being expressed on the web pages. However, this still doesn't quite solve the problems, of course, and what really need to happen is for 2.2.0-RELEASE to go out so that a "blessed" version can finally exist for folks to upgrade to. As you noted, 2.1-stable is effectively dead and 2.2-current is roped off with lots of yellow police barrier tape. Not a comfortable state of equilibrium by any means, and a matter we've been discussion in core for a couple of days now. Jordan
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