Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 23:12:39 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@freebsd.org> To: hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Latest Current build failure Message-ID: <199609052112.XAA23166@vector.jhs.no_domain> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 04 Sep 1996 00:47:46 EDT." <199609040447.AAA17307@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
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Hi, Reference: > From: hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca > > That's because you called it -current instead of something like > -experimental.... "current" is a word usually associated with generally > good things... "current" technology, "current" affairs... The "current" > version of most commercial software is the last version _released_, not the > version being developed. -experimental, or -develop is a much more apt > description. `Research' (as in `Research Unix') is one name from the past that might be a candidate for recycling if current splits ... Julian -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/
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