From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 19 02:34:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA02889 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 02:34:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from relay03.indigo.ie (relay03.indigo.ie [194.125.133.227]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id CAA02871 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 02:34:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from relyod@indigo.ie) Received: (qmail 29258 messnum 46103 invoked from network[194.125.220.61/ts05-051.dublin.indigo.ie]); 19 Mar 1998 10:34:11 -0000 Received: from ts05-051.dublin.indigo.ie (HELO nt?dublin) (194.125.220.61) by relay03.indigo.ie (qp 29258) with SMTP; 19 Mar 1998 10:34:11 -0000 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980319100634.0093c620@pop.indigo.ie> X-Sender: relyod@pop.indigo.ie X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 10:06:34 +0000 To: "Michael V. Harding" From: Michael Doyle Subject: Re: 'Code Freeze' Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199803190555.VAA17269@netcom1.netcom.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 21:55 18/03/1998 -0800, you wrote: > >What I really want is to be able to help people 'bootstrap' and bring >them into the FreeBSD community. The easiest way to do that is to >deliver a rock solid CD, which is my general experience with the OS. >Someone who gets the CD, and then needs to 'build the world from >source' might get a little discouraged. And unfortunately, like >dating, many don't get past their first experience. > [snip] > >Everybody on stable is convinced of the worth of FreeBSD - the CD is >how you hook the newbies, and people do fixate on little things. As a comparative "newbie" muself, and one who has yet to build world (I'm still using the 2.2.5 CD Release) I whole heartedly concur Let's see a realy "good, stable" 2.2.6 release, and if there are special concerns, document them well so that the upgrade is as painless as possible with possible pitfalls well marked. Mike <><=====================================================><> Michael Doyle phone: +353-1-661-0588 Network Administrator http://www.co-operation-north.ie/ Co-Operation North E-mail: relyod@co-operation-north.ie (0ffice) relyod@indigo.ie (Personal) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message