Date: 09 Apr 2001 20:55:02 -0400 From: Christopher K Davis <ckd@ckdhr.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Releases Message-ID: <w4y9t960bd.fsf@kline-station.ckdhr.com> In-Reply-To: Mike Meyer's message of "Mon, 9 Apr 2001 17:55:13 -0500" References: <20010409102526S.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.32.0104100547050.38514-100000@xeon.int.nz.freebsd.org> <20010409105223C.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.32.0104100522430.38514-100000@xeon.int.nz.freebsd.org> <014a01c0c12e$e5e76f20$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <5.0.2.1.0.20010409101533.00ace930@pop.schulte.org> <5.0.2.1.0.20010409111054.00b18008@pop.schulte.org> <200104091911.MAA32457@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <3AD20ECC.5A895124@quake.com.au> <20010409193544.A25126@acc.umu.se> <200104091816.UAA03404@flip.tenbit.pl> <15058.15825.422218.278218@guru.mired.org>
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Mike W Meyer <mwm@mired.org> writes: > I know, you're kidding. But if some group of people who have to deal > with the questions propose a complete new naming scheme designed to > deal with all the problems we see the current ones causing (though the > only serious one is -BETA/-RC), is there any chance of it being > adopted? How about just a new name for either -BETA (the major source > of the problem), or simply calling -STABLE -ALPHA, thus making -BETA & > -RC seem desirable? Off the top of my head: -STABLE, -FROZEN, -FROZENRC, -RELEASE. FROZEN has much better connotations than BETA (which should hopefully deconfuse people a bit), and continuing it into the release candidate phase gives us continuity there. The use of "FROZEN" also emphasizes the most critical change that happens in the currently-named BETA/RC phases, namely the freezing of changes other than critical ones. (I suppose it could be -SLUSHY and -FROZEN for -BETA and -RC if we wanted to be slightly cuter.) -- Christopher Davis * <ckd-sig@ckdhr.com> * <URL:http://www.ckdhr.com/ckd/>; Put location information in your DNS! <URL:http://www.ckdhr.com/dns-loc/>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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