Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 02:29:14 -0700 From: Dave Hayes <dave@kachina.jetcafe.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@sri.mt.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status of -stable Message-ID: <199606080929.CAA07412@kachina.jetcafe.org>
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"Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> writes: >I wrote: >> Isn't that what the SNAPs are really for? Correct me if I'm wrong (and >> who out there won't?) but aren't these supposed to be "more stable >> snapshots" of -current? >Exactly the opposite (please see the handbook entry on snapshots). So why did I get that impression? Hmm...-what- handbook entry on snapshots? It's not in the table of contents and I can't grep through WWW pages without a search engine. 8-) >They're made when we want to test something. Can I quote you? >> On a related note, software I deliver to customers is (usually) >> accompanied by Q&A procedures. Is there *any* way to Q&A an entire >> UNIX system in an automated fashion? One solution to the "-stable" >Not really, no. Certainly not with our resources, anyway! It was just a thought. When I write code, and fix a bug, I write a test case that tickles the bug. Voila...I don't have to fix the bug again. ------ Dave Hayes - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org Freedom Knight of Usenet - http://www.jetcafe.org/~dave/usenet True freedom requires taking responsibility for your own life. That frightens the hell out of too many people. They prefer to have Big Brother holding a safety net for them, and they'll sell their own birthright and their children's as well to keep it. --F. Paul Wilson
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