From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Mar 21 15:28:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from student-mailhub.dcu.ie (ns.dcu.ie [136.206.1.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 189C037BCEB for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2000 15:28:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from drjolt@redbrick.dcu.ie) Received: from enigma.redbrick.dcu.ie (postfix@enigma.redbrick.dcu.ie [136.206.15.5]) by student-mailhub.dcu.ie (8.9.3/8.9.3/893-FD) with ESMTP id XAA11357 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2000 23:28:25 GMT Received: by enigma.redbrick.dcu.ie (Postfix, from userid 2034) id 444D37C94; Tue, 21 Mar 2000 23:28:25 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 23:28:25 +0000 From: David Murphy To: FreeBSD-STABLE Subject: Re: dot-0 releases Message-ID: <20000321232825.E46913@enigma.redbrick.dcu.ie> References: <20000321225307.C46913@enigma.redbrick.dcu.ie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from bandix@looksharp.net on Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 06:10:05PM -0500 X-no-archive: yes Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Quoting by "Brandon D. Valentine" : > >Then we're in agreement on what an X.0 release should be. I'm > >genuinely glad we understand each other, and would suggest that a note > >similar to the above in the release notes/announcement would greatly > >improve the new user's understanding of what X.0-RELEASE is and is not > >suited for/aimed at. > >From http://www.cdrom.com/titles/freebsd/bsd40offer.phtml: > >From http://www.freebsdmall.com/software/: Those are nice clear statements, which is exactly the sort of thing I'm advocating. However, while both notices are very likely to be visible to the individual looking to purchase a CD, neither are in the normal "line of sight" for people downloading FreeBSD 4.0. My suggestion is that this be remedied, by placing such statements in the release announcement, and the release notes. I expect most people, downloaders and CD purchasers, read those. -- When asked if it is true that he uses his wheelchair as a weapon he will reply: "That's a malicious rumour. I'll run over anyone who repeats it." Stephen Hawking - [http://www.smh.com.au/news/0001/07/features/features1.html] David Murphy - For PGP public key, send mail with Subject: send-pgp-key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message