From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Oct 20 20:38:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA10344 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 20:38:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from peak.mountin.net (peak.mountin.net [207.227.119.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA10283 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 20:37:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jeff-ml@mountin.net) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by peak.mountin.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) id PAA21146; Sun, 18 Oct 1998 15:04:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: from luthien-51.isdn.mke.execpc.com(169.207.65.51) by peak.mountin.net via smap (V1.3) id sma021143; Sun Oct 18 15:04:19 1998 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19981018150338.00f2805c@207.227.119.2> X-Sender: jeff-ml@207.227.119.2 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 15:03:38 -0500 To: Dennis , Bill Vermillion , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" Subject: Re: Don't bet on 3.0 release In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19981018114951.00723bc8@etinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 11:49 AM 10/18/98 -0400, Dennis wrote: >-RELEASE implies that its ready for the general public. If its still in >BETA, which your comments indicate it is, then it should not >be released. What's the point of doing a release if its not ready? Consider that it is the first release of the 3.x branch. Regardless of the OS or application a major release almost always means new features. Along with new problems. When the last transition from 2.1.x -> 2.2 was happening, I held back for that reason. I'm going to need some of the features in 3.0 very soon, but do realize the risk. For 2.2 I could wait. Don't forget the original problem was with a port, which admittedly they should be fixed or not included. At least they are marked broken if one but checks and reads the fine print. Call it a release with reservations. ;) I don't have any, it's solid enough for my needs, which are not trivial for one server. Jeff Mountin - Unix Systems TCP/IP networking jeff@mountin.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message