From owner-freebsd-current Sun Sep 17 12:47:40 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA24055 for current-outgoing; Sun, 17 Sep 1995 12:47:40 -0700 Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id MAA24050 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 1995 12:47:38 -0700 Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA10198; Sun, 17 Sep 1995 15:47:26 -0400 Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 15:47:26 -0400 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9509171947.AA10198@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Which SUP files are available and where ? In-Reply-To: References: Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < Why bother with "stable" anything. Just call the tree 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, etc. > As for the long term support, I think we should consider CTM as the > distribution mechanism rather than sup. For those who have a high-speed net connection, CTM is a lose. It's too easy to get your source tree into a state where CTM decides that it can't do anything, and then you have to do manual repair, whereas with SUP you can just blow away the breakage and automatically get fresh copies with little or no human intervention. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant