From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 5 00:22:19 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B4E1106564A; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:22:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from mail.netconsonance.com (mail.netconsonance.com [198.207.204.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BFEC8FC15; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:22:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from [10.66.240.106] (public-wireless.sv.svcolo.com [64.13.135.30]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.netconsonance.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m550MHYV073891; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:22:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at netconsonance.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.875 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.875 tagged_above=-999 required=3.5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.44, AWL=0.565] Message-Id: <7B3DA577-61F6-41D2-90B1-954E3A5A5C80@netconsonance.com> From: Jo Rhett To: Kris Kennaway In-Reply-To: <48472CCF.8080101@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v924) Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:22:11 -0700 References: <9B7FE91B-9C2E-4732-866C-930AC6022A40@netconsonance.com> <4846D849.2090005@FreeBSD.org> <4846E14C.709@FreeBSD.org> <48472CCF.8080101@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.924) Cc: Doug Barton , FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:22:19 -0000 > Jo Rhett wrote: >> On Jun 4, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Kris Kennaway wrote: >>> Also, it's not like anyone should have been caught by surprise by >>> the 6.2 EoL; the expiry date has been advertised since the 6.2 >>> release itself. >> It has changed multiple times. I keep reviewing and finding 6.3 >> bugs outstanding, and then observe the EoL get pushed. >> I'm surprised that it failed to get pushed this time. > > I'm sorry that the FreeBSD project failed to conform to your > expectations. However, I invite you to actually try 6.3 for > yourself instead of assuming that it will fail. Several of the bug reports have the *exact* same hardware we are using. Rackable systems with 3ware controllers. If you're asking why I don't turn a production environment over to being a freebsd-unstable-testbed, I can't really answer that question in a way you'd understand (if you were asking that question) -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness