Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:12:05 -0700 From: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com> To: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Upcoming Releases Schedule... Message-ID: <1E49BF55-D408-4E84-8E32-19D5112D89FB@netconsonance.com> In-Reply-To: <48D81476.4050309@FreeBSD.org> References: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0809180022580.13100@fledge.watson.org> <658B8861-1E78-4767-8D3D-8B79CC0BD45F@netconsonance.com> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0809181935540.16464@fledge.watson.org> <15F15FD1-3C53-4018-8792-BC63289DC4C2@netconsonance.com> <448wtpcikb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <C096D142-4572-48DF-8CCA-053B41003A07@netconsonance.com> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0809191158330.40909@fledge.watson.org> <34C3D54B-C88C-4C36-B1FE-C07FC27F8CB5@netconsonance.com> <20080920020703.GA82392@phat.za.net> <851F09A2-788D-4343-9E00-A0AB5C3AC063@netconsonance.com> <20080920044148.GA60230@in-addr.com> <D568AA95-5D89-40D5-9764-D721D65B68A3@netconsonance.com> <48D81476.4050309@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sep 22, 2008, at 2:56 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > I'd also like to point out that there is another chicken-egg problem > that has been glossed over in this thread. You have said many times > that > it's hard for a company to devote resources to testing a given release > candidate without knowing in advance how long that release will be > supported. Several people (including Robert, who is part of the > release > team) have said that we can't make a firm conclusion on how long a > given > release will be supported until we have a pretty good idea how > "successful" a given release will be, which requires people actually > testing and using it. Do you see the problem? Yes, I do. And I'm confused as to why the release cycle is structured to keep this problem going. This is your own chicken and egg, and it's a fairly easy one to solve. Nobody else is creating the chicken and egg for FreeBSD, it's being created by the existing policy. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness
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