From owner-freebsd-current Mon Mar 17 01:29:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA01730 for current-outgoing; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 01:29:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from kachina.jetcafe.org (kachina.jetcafe.org [207.155.21.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA01711; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 01:29:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([127.0.0.1]) by kachina.jetcafe.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA21658; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 01:29:06 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199703170929.BAA21658@kachina.jetcafe.org> X-Authentication-Warning: kachina.jetcafe.org: Host [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Nate Williams , current@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org, Richard Wackerbarth Subject: Re: -current and -stable mailing lists Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 01:29:04 -0800 From: Dave Hayes Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I suggest that the best solution is to drop the status designations and > instead use the release family as the designation. 2.1, 2.2, 3.0, etc. > That way it is clear which list is appropriate for a particular > discussion. On a related note...I'd like to add that it would be real helpful to those of us who dislike bothering the mountaintop source gurus if the mailing lists were archived in such a way as to be threaded and readable by date. That way we could peruse entire threads of discussion. The search engine (when it works) isn't cutting it. For an example, just try and find out how to upgrade from 2.1.7 to 2.2 by using CVSup and make world. ------ Dave Hayes - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org Freedom Knight of Usenet - http://www.jetcafe.org/~dave/usenet Better the demon that makes you improve than the angel who threatens.