Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 12:55:02 -0500 From: Chris Shenton <cshenton@it.hq.nasa.gov> To: rkw@dataplex.net Cc: steve@visint.co.uk, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -current and -stable mailing lists Message-ID: <199703171755.RAA05751@wirehead.it.hq.nasa.gov> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Mar 1997 11:34:55 -0600" References: <l03010d00af533005c68e@[208.2.87.4]>
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On Mon, 17 Mar 1997 11:34:55 -0600 Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> wrote: rkw> The "problem" is that some of the entrenched people who get the rkw> dictate what happens understand the distinctions but fail to the rkw> able to see the situation from the point-of-view of the "general rkw> public". They prefer THEIR interpretation because that is the rkw> interpretation to which THEY are accustomed. I fear that they are rkw> suffering from the all too common problem of being too close to rkw> something to see the broader perspective. That's always true. But there seems to be a more obvious problem in this naming gap: there are three reasonable release choices: 2.1.7 2.2 3.0 but only two names: -stable -current So of course there will be confusion. I kinda like the -past, -present, and -future myself :-)
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