Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 22:45:16 +0100 (MET) From: espie@clipper.ens.fr (Marc Espie) To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: espie@clipper.ens.fr, hackers@freebsd.org, unix-adm@nic.funet.fi, ache@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tracker Message-ID: <199612202145.WAA22932@triere.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <18678.851110463@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Dec 20, 96 11:34:23 am
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En reponse a Jordan K. Hubbard: > > > I've got some SERIOUS complaints concerning the version of tracker > > bundled with the 2.2-ALPHA release of FreeBSD. > > Sorry, this was probably an oversight. I will ask that tracker be > removed entirely from the FreeBSD ports collection, thus eliminating > any possibility for further such misunderstandings in the future. > > Our apologies. > > Andrey, would you please do the honors? > > Jordan Well, this is only regarding version 5.3, which is definitely a beta which is not ready for public consumption. As long as the documentation as a whole (original readmes, texinfo file for those not willing to suffer through info) is included, and as soon as I manage to get a `public' release, I don't see any other problems. What I am wanting to do is to establish very clearly tracker status: betas such as these should not have reached general release. I already get lots of bug-reports which I have to check... having them come either from `stable' versions or from established beta-testers I know gets it rather easier. Also, I consider it normal that bugs should be left in code at the beta stage. On the other hand, public releases I strive to make crystal-clean. Betas re-packaged as `official' releases reflect badly upon my programming skills, and may be damaging to users expecting quality code. I just wish for that particular beta to vanish from freebsd. I sincerely hope I'll have a regular release ready soon. This one you are obviously free to include with FreeBSD, no problems. In fact, I WILL be interested in eventual porting problems. Also, I understand plainly that the problem appeared at a previous stage, and that you're not responsible for it. No serious harm done... I will just have to suffer through some unneeded bug-reports (probably) as 5.3 has some well-known problems, and I will try to get a `stable' version out soon. -- microsoft network is EXPLICITLY forbidden to redistribute this message. `Seiza no matataki kazoe, uranau koi no yuku e.' Marc Espie (Marc.Espie@ens.fr)
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