Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:41:48 -0400 From: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> To: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Upcoming Releases Schedule... Message-ID: <20080920044148.GA60230@in-addr.com> In-Reply-To: <851F09A2-788D-4343-9E00-A0AB5C3AC063@netconsonance.com> References: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0809180022580.13100@fledge.watson.org> <658B8861-1E78-4767-8D3D-8B79CC0BD45F@netconsonance.com> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0809181935540.16464@fledge.watson.org> <15F15FD1-3C53-4018-8792-BC63289DC4C2@netconsonance.com> <448wtpcikb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <C096D142-4572-48DF-8CCA-053B41003A07@netconsonance.com> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0809191158330.40909@fledge.watson.org> <34C3D54B-C88C-4C36-B1FE-C07FC27F8CB5@netconsonance.com> <20080920020703.GA82392@phat.za.net> <851F09A2-788D-4343-9E00-A0AB5C3AC063@netconsonance.com>
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On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 07:38:32PM -0700, Jo Rhett wrote: > Without input from the current release team extending the support > schedule is not possible. Inquiry - is release team the constraint? Or to put it another way, what to you is "support" in terms of FreeBSD releases? As far as I am aware, if you stick on a RELENG_X_Y_Z_RELEASE tag then the most you get is security fixes. No new features, no new drivers, no bugfixes. So if I am interpreting things correctly, you are asking for security fixes to be ported to RELEASE tagged branches for longer? So is release team the contrained resource in your problem? I am not denying that *any* part of the FreeBSD team is not resource constrained, but I'm wondering if you're examining the correct area. Note: I am not up on the internals of modern FreeBSD release engineering and maintenance nor the relationship between "staff" functions, so I may be barking up the wrong telephone pole. Regards, Gary
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