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Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org,
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity,
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on 18/01/2012 19:13 Daniel Eischen said the following:
> "someone who owns a branch..." - If you cut release N.0, do not
> move -current to N+1.  Keep -current at N for a while, prohibiting
> ABI changes, and any other risky changes.  If a developer wants to
> do possibly disruptive work, they can do it from their own repo.

I am totally against this.

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Andriy Gapon