From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jan 27 09:26:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA13174 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:26:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA13159 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:26:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA29556; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:26:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) From: John Polstra Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id JAA25758; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:26:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:26:33 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199901271726.JAA25758@vashon.polstra.com> To: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it Subject: Re: What is the Final EOL Disposition of v2.2.8? Newsgroups: polstra.freebsd.stable In-Reply-To: <199901250611.HAA25863@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <199901250611.HAA25863@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > Bottom line: i'd say yes, a 2.2S CDROM is a very good idea, provided > it does not come out "tomorrow" so people have the time to work on it. Eeek! No! If people have time to "work on it," there will be a big flurry of last-minute merge-o-mania, and all sorts of new breakage will be brought in. Then we'll end up having to make a 2.2.S.1 to fix it. Jordan, just tiptoe quietly in and take a snapshot one day, when nobody is looking. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." -- H. L. Mencken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message