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Date:      Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:02:00 -0500
From:      Jim Bryant <kc5vdj@yahoo.com>
To:        Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>
Cc:        Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Headsup! KSE Nay-sayers speak up!
Message-ID:  <3B8AC358.3020303@yahoo.com>
References:  <3B89DF04.F6A250F9@elischer.org> <66544.998934042@critter> <20010827133112.B79584@rand.tgd.net> <3B8AB039.7090705@yahoo.com> <20010827134902.A80313@rand.tgd.net> <p05101007b7b06cd773ba@[128.113.24.47]>

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Garance A Drosihn wrote:

> At 1:49 PM -0700 8/27/01, Sean Chittenden wrote:
> 
>>  > >    If there are grave concerns about having KSE and SMPng in
>>  > > 5.X, then why not push back the release date?  The value far
>>  > > outweighs the extra months needed to get it finished and out
>>  > > the door,   ...etc...
>>  >
>>
>>>  Good idea.
>>
>>
>>     Seriously, is there any reason to hold to a time line
>> at the expense of some very important and very fundamental
>> enhancements to FreeBSD?  I suppose that's something for -core
>> to talk about/discuss, but I bet that if a poll was put on the
>> homepage of FreeBSD.org (hint hint) asking about this, you'd
>> get an overwhelming response to see KSE/SMPng in 5.X.  With a
>> poll you might even pick up some more testers given the exposure
>> (hint hint).  -sc
> 
> 
> We can't just keep pushing back the release date because "some
> very important enhancements" could be made.  It will ALWAYS be
> true that there are more "very important enhancements" on
> the horizon, and you can't keep running after those.  You have
> to pick some point, and stick to that point, and "ship" at that
> point.  As long as current is known to be in rapid flux, most


I'm glad you support integration of KSE then...  As I recall such threading was in the original design specs for 5.0, as released 
when work on 5.0 began.


jim
-- 
ET has one helluva sense of humor!
He's always anal-probing right-wing schizos!


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