From owner-freebsd-current Thu Apr 22 0:57:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from noc.demon.net (server.noc.demon.net [193.195.224.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23888158A6 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 00:57:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from geoffb@gti.noc.demon.net) Received: by noc.demon.net; id IAA23702; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 08:55:18 +0100 (BST) Received: from gti.noc.demon.net(195.11.55.101) by inside.noc.demon.net via smap (3.2) id xma023676; Thu, 22 Apr 99 08:55:13 +0100 Received: (from geoffb@localhost) by gti.noc.demon.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA23795; Thu, 22 Apr 1999 08:55:00 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <19990422085459.D5009@gti.noc.demon.net> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 08:54:59 +0100 From: Geoff Buckingham To: Matthew Dillon , Doug Rabson Cc: Peter Wemm , Matthew Reimer , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: solid NFS patch #6 avail for -current - need testers files) Reply-To: Geoff Buckingham References: <199904211931.MAA07688@apollo.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199904211931.MAA07688@apollo.backplane.com>; from Matthew Dillon on Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 12:31:03PM -0700 Organisation: Demon Internet Ltd Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Previously on Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 12:31:03PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote: : : I think the existing release schedule is pretty good. Any faster and : we might as well not have two branches at all. We really need a : -current branch in order to make and test radical changes, and the : companies & people who use FreeBSD need a -stable branch to keep : production boxes up to date without having to bet the farm. : : We already have the ability to shortcut certain things simply by : copying them from -current to -stable wholesale after we've determined : their stability under -current. The issue here really is safety. I : know some of you really want some of the things in -current to be : backported into -stable more quickly, but you have to be patient. We : can't compromise -stable's stability by acting too quickly. : Speaking as a heavy stable user and also a Net and OpenBSD user the big selling point I have for using FreeBSD over the other 'free' BSDs, Linux and some commercial OSs is the release structure. I believe radical alterations to this structure would be best avoided. It is only post 3.1 release that I have become confident in the RelEng3 branch as a service platform. People desperate for current functionality can wait, back port themselves or run current. I have taken all three options in the past :-) -- GeoffB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message