From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Oct 15 19:35:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA29712 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 15 Oct 1996 19:35:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA29701 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 1996 19:35:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA28294; Wed, 16 Oct 1996 12:02:43 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199610160232.MAA28294@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: IP bugs in FreeBSD 2.1.5 To: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 12:02:42 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, jdw@wwwi.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199610160224.VAA26891@brasil.moneng.mei.com> from "Joe Greco" at Oct 15, 96 09:24:46 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Joe Greco stands accused of saying: > > So... I would rather see a 2.2R that was, perhaps, a bit rough at the > edges (like 2.0R) sooner rather than later. That's the best way to get > exposure. It's also one way to get something out the door. I tend to agree with this; it fits in quite well with the even/odd numbering strategy that came up about a year ago, where even-numbered releases are 'major feature updates', and minor numbered releases are 'stability updates'. > If need be, make it clear to people that 2.1.5R may be a more suitable > choice for the sake of stability, and follow up with a 2.2.5R cleanup > release to handle the problems discovered in 2.2R. I would be more inclined to have 2.2 out at some point, and then have a 2.2-stable thread (if personpower can be found for it) leading hopefully to a 2.3 release, and with development proceeding along the 2.4-current thread. > I am curious to know if -core has an opinion on where the line should > be (or maybe even has been) drawn. I would expect that they do (Jordan has hinted that discussions are going on, which is a positive sign). > ... JG -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[