From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 27 12:46:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C87616A4CE for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:46:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from defiant4.noxa.de (defiant.noxa.de [212.60.197.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D99243D1F for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:46:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from arundel@h3c.de) Received: (qmail 27438 invoked from network); 27 Oct 2004 14:46:18 +0200 Received: from pd9e51806.dip.t-dialin.net (HELO skatecity.) (217.229.24.6) by defiant.noxa.de with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 27 Oct 2004 14:46:18 +0200 Received: from skatecity. (freebsd@skatecity. [127.0.0.1]) by skatecity. (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i9RCpcSB083045 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:51:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from arundel@skatecity) Received: (from arundel@localhost) by skatecity. (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i9RCpbNe083044 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:51:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from arundel) From: alexander Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:51:37 +0200 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041027125137.GA82966@skatecity> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <91b5ebb0410261947192bd6f8@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <91b5ebb0410261947192bd6f8@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Plan for 5.3-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:46:23 -0000 On Tue Oct 26 04, Martin Chikilian wrote: > Hi Scott and lists. > With all of this, i expect to keep testing RC1, and RC2 should come > before 5.3 to be completely released. > If 5.3 is scheduled to be released in 7-10 days, you could release > -RC2 in next 3-5 days so we've the posibility to test fixed things > that might not be in current -RC1. > Just an idea. > > Cya, > Martin > That's a really good idea. In fact, I wouldn't set a static release date at all. You guys should try fixing all the bugs that poped up in the -RC1 and release a second RC. Continue in that fassion until there are no major bug reports filed in let's say...two weeks. Of course people want 5.3 to be released as quickly as possible, but the very same people will complain, if that RLEASE will only have a single bug in it. Having one or more major or even fatal bugs in 5.3-RELEASE could be really nasty. High traffic load in mailing lists, ISO hash changes, doc changes. And please don't forget 4.11. ;)