From owner-freebsd-current Sun Sep 8 17:06:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA05216 for current-outgoing; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 17:06:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA05209 for ; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 17:06:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vector.jhs.no_domain (slip139-92-18-165.pt.uk.ibm.net [139.92.18.165]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id RAA03047 ; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 17:05:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vector.jhs.no_domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vector.jhs.no_domain (8.7.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id XAA23166; Thu, 5 Sep 1996 23:12:40 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199609052112.XAA23166@vector.jhs.no_domain> To: hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Latest Current build failure From: "Julian H. Stacey" Reply-To: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: Vector Systems Ltd. Mailer: EXMH 1.6.7, PGP available X-Address: Holz Strasse 27d, 80469 Munich, Germany X-Phone: +49.89.268616 X-Fax: +49.89.2608126 X-Web: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 04 Sep 1996 00:47:46 EDT." <199609040447.AAA17307@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 23:12:39 +0200 Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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/