From owner-freebsd-current Mon Apr 24 12: 7:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from jade.chc-chimes.com (jade.chc-chimes.com [216.28.46.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E77C37BB1B for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 12:07:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from billf@jade.chc-chimes.com) Received: by jade.chc-chimes.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 088C41C4A; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:07:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:07:35 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola To: Richard Wackerbarth Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP changes and breaking kld object module compatibility Message-ID: <20000424150734.Y397@jade.chc-chimes.com> References: <200004231909.MAA09128@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <00042404464300.09955@nomad.dataplex.net> <20000424144441.W397@jade.chc-chimes.com> <00042414022801.09427@nomad.dataplex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <00042414022801.09427@nomad.dataplex.net>; from rkw@dataplex.net on Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 02:02:28PM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 02:02:28PM -0500, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > That is also partly why you are also lacking the respect and support of a > wider audience. If you act like FreeBSD is just a "developer's sandbox", > that's what it will be. If you want it to be something greater than that, you > must consider what you are doing to third party developers and end users. Developers and early adopters are the ones tracking -STABLE. Users are installing binary snapshots and releases. No-one in their right mind would release a module for "4.0-STABLE sometime between april and may". They release for 4.0-RELEASE or 4.1-RELEASE, this would not cause problems for those people. -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect Computer Horizons Corp - CVM e-mail: billf@chc-chimes.com / billf@FreeBSD.org Office: 800-252-2421 x128 / Cell: 248-761-7272 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message