From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 24 03:40:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA03119 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 03:40:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA03114 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 03:40:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id WAA06862; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 22:10:19 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199703241140.WAA06862@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: 2.2.1 - rumours? In-Reply-To: <199703241018.CAA06304@root.com> from David Greenman at "Mar 24, 97 02:18:30 am" To: dg@root.com Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 22:10:19 +1030 (CST) Cc: mishania@demos.su, chat@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk David Greenman stands accused of saying: > >But this is frightening ;-( Reminds Mr. Torvalds speed. I have to repeat, - > >I mean no offence, since well, I personally think Mr. Torvalds production > >is quite different opposite we have here. > > You don't need to be concerned about this becoming a regular thing. It > takes a lot of effort to make full releases, so we only do it when we feel > it's critically necessary. ... and what you've politely omitted to mention is that it's not for lack of effort on the part of the people making the release, but rather that nobody, it seems, has had the _courage_ or _inclination_ to test 2.2, all of you rather waiting until it was released. How can anyone find/fix problems if they're not reported until after the whole testing phase is finished? > David Greenman -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[