Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 17:15:35 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org, tlambert@primenet.com, drosih@rpi.edu, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Subject: Re: NO MORE '-BETA' Message-ID: <XFMail.010316171535.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010316170755.S29888@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On 17-Mar-01 Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> [010316 16:44] wrote: >> > Let's just add something to cvsup to prompt the user? Or something >> > in the build process that's interactive? or what? >> >> How about turning it off to all but authorized users (those who have >> a registered cvsup key, as on freefall) during release periods? > > The real pain is that there doesn't seem to be a way stop users from > upgrading before they actually do it. > > I think what'll happen is that sometime tomorrow I'll add an option > to newvers.sh to detect a cross version change and have the world > and installworld and installkernel targets check and prompt unless > something like EARLY_ADOPTER=YES is set in make.conf or you're > building a 'release'. > > Would that be ok? So you will prompt them wiht a question that will make them ignore it and cut and paste it into a message and mail it off to a dozen lists screaming about it? If they can't manage to follow -stable or read the FAQ, what makes you think they will bother with reading the message you output with going into hysteria? They've already demonstrated a lack of reading ability or willingness or something. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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