From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 24 17:50:08 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id RAA02118 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 17:50:08 -0700 Received: from ain.charm.net (ain.charm.net [198.69.35.206]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id RAA02112 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 17:50:06 -0700 Received: (from nc@localhost) by ain.charm.net (8.6.11/8.6.9) id UAA25784; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 20:47:12 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 20:47:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Network Coordinator To: Andreas Klemm cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Minutes of the Thursday, April 13th core team meeting in Berkeley. In-Reply-To: <199504231819.UAA06506@knobel.GUN.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 23 Apr 1995, Andreas Klemm wrote: > > I'd love to see a stable 2.1, too. I love the idea to bring out an > interim version earlier, because 2.0 had it's flaws. But then I'd > recommend to take the needed time, to make 2.1 as good as you are all > telling us since months. > > I think everybody has the amount of understanding, that a 2.1 quality > release takes a certain amount of time, after adding so much new features. > > So make a better 2.0 release with important bugfixes and a glimpse of 2.1 > and please take the necessary time, to make a real nice 2.1. > > Otherwise it could happen, that we see a 2.1.5, soon, because you made > it in a hurry. > I have to agree. The SNAP releases are great to remind people development is still proceeding, and moving well. Its better to not set a deadline for perfection and let it slide, or worse rush it. If 2.1 can be the new standard in stability for FreeBSD, that will save EVERYONE [including the CoreTeam] a lot of energy because then enhancements only need to be made; one doesn't have to worry about bugs in the underlying code. IMO. -Jerry.