Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 21:43:18 -0400 From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: There is currently no usable release of FreeBSD. Message-ID: <538FCB36.60202@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1406041627190.2120@kozubik.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1406040944570.2120@kozubik.com> <18771.1401901640@critter.freebsd.dk> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1406041316440.2120@kozubik.com> <19839.1401922026@critter.freebsd.dk> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1406041627190.2120@kozubik.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2014-06-04 19:32, John Kozubik wrote: > I agree that the releases do not last long enough to settle on and grow > into. > > That is why we *need* a release to go into double-digit minors, like 4 > did when it went to 4.11. > > I don't even care which one! Any of them! Just give us a release that > we can grow into and not find ourselves at "legacy" two years later, at > 9.2. > > Which, by the way, is actually a step backwards. I was appalled to find > that 8 was marked legacy at 8.3, but now 9 is marked legacy at 9.2. > Which means if there is some bug in 'em' or 'twa' and it gets fixed in > 10, you'll never see it backported to 9. Be honest. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" The word 'legacy' was misused on the website. This will be corrected. Each branch lasts ~5 years. See this graph (page 9): https://wiki.freebsd.org/201405DevSummit?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=FreeBSD+11.pdf -- Allan Jude [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTj8s5AAoJEJrBFpNRJZKf8aEQAIXez4xOqZwuXIA5YmxW/l7n je4rXWpMDHnU7OJd83M+W52ZjtE9L0Ozl+J4HPN2kYWlDAAz8TRIVk7/r57hgzuI 0jrNNPBF/nCyklEgSUQ3DMsl26QpHwMCV4MpdC3XRTjkRixQygt9tRgbQ309w8vI OtiA/M30SXrc1LEFMV3SpOF68KrNRJn/1tAPSLy9O2z0GwEUrmnHweUFGmCYI2QN yrHnSyogo18YfXxZxcg+i/WW5UbKyCTWAI2cLzz9EvZ+t/lG9Tl/7l4EG9MrPDXB ou7sZhy8PiasqRvFXkfSXyva/MiPd0k0BmOZJbgEpz4oyjUbKKFfqOXnPGFxSH1S ZxurKqOSAhdTWAcz1Gk22/sJZV0qIkXuTz//WrpWa7tW8sZpbkRGBeDNaAwFQI46 ACFTIC1hPc0u3ddM5FqC6GpqxTr4On0AACEeiftyfi093yRoQPDx59sV3wVhQ/WS A3ykKW/U8B4MPC6sOmo33FGrOekDMGeP1/12tHG4l1hb7p67q18biiWi1POjPyZl xO5qzmb0+gDcdhAFZJxJmTbe/Y6KU7r6uQ1jGj6Oidx63obpkFg9tUaAooxtpP/l ZXuYb5VWZ/RxrDrzimEEa0MxUNK3kBwyVGfEpRhAbCeDdn2Wpkg0Db89dWF2FlNx m5SJrCTJH10w3PEBIn8S =LOPO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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