Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:49:42 -0400 From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@FreeBSD.org> To: Scott Long <scottl@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: NOTE: RE@ Planning for 4.x, 5.x, and beyond... Message-ID: <p06020410bcfcb2d94300@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <40D5FD8B.7070407@freebsd.org> References: <7071.208.178.23.220.1087509793.squirrel@208.178.23.220> <20040618063319.GB17749@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <20040618014912.O72823@odysseus.silby.com> <20040618.094554.06947940.imp@bsdimp.com> <40D5FD8B.7070407@freebsd.org>
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At 3:11 PM -0600 6/20/04, Scott Long wrote: > >Stability in 4-STABLE has been pretty fast and loose over the years. >Most of this is because 5-STABLE has been so long in coming, so I >don't blame the changes that have happened. > >HOWEVER.... > >I plan to start enforcing kernel and userland API and ABI stability >once 5-STABLE happens. This _doesn't_ mean that the branch will be >locked down and that it's time for everyone to go off in a huff and >claim that they won't be able to fix bugs. What it _does_ mean is >that changes that affect API/ABI stability and/or user experience >will need some form of justification. That justification might >include POSIX compliance, security vulnerability, etc. Adding to >the API via added library functions, new optional program flags, >etc, will pretty much be fair game. The point is that there will >be a little more review and oversight going on so that 5-STABLE >can actually be advertised as being 'stable'. Along with that, >the 6-CURRENT cycle is going to be defined so that it doesn't >take 5 years like the 5-CURRENT cycle. These are things that >will be heavily discussed at the DevSummit, so I encourage those >with an opinion on this to participate in that. > >Scott This is good to know. (and therefore I am repeating it just to put it under on a somewhat more noticeable Subject... :-) -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@FreeBSD.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA
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