Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:03:34 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: How long for -stable [ Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/finger finger.c ] Message-ID: <20001003190333.Y27736@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20001003205159.A20891@FreeBSD.org>; from ade@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 08:51:59PM -0500 References: <paul@originative.co.uk> <84222.970618959@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <20001003174313.U27736@fw.wintelcom.net> <20001003205159.A20891@FreeBSD.org>
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* Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> [001003 18:52] wrote: > [cc's trimmed a little] > > On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 05:43:13PM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > Might I suggest it'd be pretty helpful to have a couple of speedy > > 3.x (and probably 4.x) boxes set up some place with console access > > to make these types of fixes easier for our developers lacking in > > hardware resources. > > What about ports? How do you propose that they be tested, as opposed > to "it-compiles-so-ship-it" on these 3.x boxes if, say, the developer > in question only runs 4.x boxes, with a single not-yet-built 5.x box > for when 5.x settles down? > > Or can we stick with the current ports policy of tracking -stable > and -current only, with a good luck to everyone else? And what does > this policy mean anyway when we have two -stables, with the package > building cluster building for three environments? I think the current ports situation is fine, personally I'd love to see most ports that have existed since a specific branch continue to work on those branches, but that's not very realistic of me. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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