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Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 16:53:06 -0400
From: "Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers" <fty@mcnc.org>
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Subject: suggestion: Re: Latest Current build failure
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How about a simple status report?  Like simply the CTM # and a one
word status: "ng" (won't build), "builds" and "runs" (reasonably stable).
One could then hold the CTM updates and only apply those up to a known
stability point, waiting on those in-between.  The field doesn't bleed
so much, and current still gets a reasonable shake out.  
Snaps could be less frequent as well.

- Frank

 Ollivier Robert Wrote:
 >To: current@freebsd.org
 >Subject: Re: Latest Current build failure
 >
 >According to Chuck Robey:
 >> I'm running ctm/cvs myself, and current has been incredibly stable.
 >
 >I don't want to add too much fuel to the discussion but I agree with Chuck
 >here. CURRENT is stable for me too. People who can't bear to have the tree
 >broken for a few hours without complaining should either stop running
 >CURRENT or provide a fix if they can't wait for the next sup/ctm. 
 >
 >"Bleeding edge" has _bleeding_ in it. It seems that people tend to forget
 >that. I agree with Jordan that in an ideal world, it would be buildable at
 >any time but we live in a practical one; a few hic-hup are to be
 >expected. One should live with it or use only snapshots/releases...
 >
 >2 cts from a happy CURRENT user.
 >-- 
 >Ollivier ROBERT    -=- The daemon is FREE! -=-    roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
 >FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 2.2-CURRENT #20: Fri Aug 30 23:00:02 MET DST 1996
 >

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