Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 17:47:25 +0000 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: "Kevin P. Neal" <kpn@neutralgood.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upcoming Releases Message-ID: <56E1B32D.5070806@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <20160310142439.GA10530@neutralgood.org> References: <EEFD0376-2038-4801-9A7A-BF342B66F029@lafn.org> <20160305181742.9c3abe96.freebsd@edvax.de> <DE7BAC1A-0B40-4B2A-861A-6AE7B16FAC0D@lafn.org> <DBC62E3B-B07D-4A3F-AD22-E3EB62484725@lafn.org> <56E13766.4040604@qeng-ho.org> <20160310142439.GA10530@neutralgood.org>
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On 10/03/2016 14:24, Kevin P. Neal wrote: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 08:59:18AM +0000, Arthur Chance wrote: >> It's always worth remembering the old bit of computing folklore that IBM >> defined "the lunatic fringe" as those who took the x.0 release of any >> software. >> >> When 11.0 comes out I'll wait a week to see if there are any loud >> screams and then try it out on my desktop, as boot environments make it >> easy to roll back. If it tests out OK, then I'll deploy it to my >> servers. Unlike many other pieces of software, I've rarely had any >> problems with an x.0 release of FBSD, which says a lot about the release >> team's competence. Most of the problems I've seen raised come from >> people not reading the release notes properly, like the "what's happened >> to bind?" problems with 10.0. > > The unfortunate thing is that not running a ".0" release only works out > well if fraction of the people avoid it. If everyone avoids it then the > ".1" release becomes the new ".0" release. > Firstly it was a joke about the quality of IBM software back in the days when they thought they owned the market whatever they did. Secondly, it's my experience that the "lunatic fringe" is a sizeable fraction of users (me included) - there are a significant number round here who test beta releases as well. -- Moore's Law of Mad Science: Every eighteen months, the minimum IQ necessary to destroy the world drops by one point.
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