From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 14 19:02:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C7C416A49E for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:02:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de) Received: from mail.liberty-hosting.de (mail.smartterra.de [195.225.132.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B91EA43D4C for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:02:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de) Received: from mail.liberty-hosting.de ([195.225.132.203]) by localhost (liberty-mail [195.225.132.203]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 95299-03; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:02:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.alpha-tierchen.de (port-212-202-42-252.dynamic.qsc.de [212.202.42.252]) by mail.liberty-hosting.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75D5B160186; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:02:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (muhkuh.local [192.168.1.2]) by smtp.alpha-tierchen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9A6452861; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:02:31 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4509A74C.5060507@cs.tu-berlin.de> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:02:36 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: de-DE, de, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vivek Khera , hackmiester@hackmiester.com References: <20060909173813.GA1388@FS.denninger.net> <45065C67.6040503@cs.tu-berlin.de> <6AF9F647-881A-448F-933C-743D295400B3@khera.org> In-Reply-To: <6AF9F647-881A-448F-933C-743D295400B3@khera.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.smartterra.de Cc: freebsd-stable Subject: Re: ARRRRGH! Guys, who's breaking -STABLE's GMIRROR code?! X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:02:37 -0000 Vivek Khera schrieb: > > On Sep 12, 2006, at 6:23 PM, hackmiester (Hunter Fuller) wrote: > >>> -STABLE is still a development branch without guarantee of a stable >>> and working operating system. >> >> >> Hahahahaha... That's ironic... > > > No, just misinterpretation of which attribute of the system to which > the word "stable" applies. > Do you really think I misinterpreted the meaning of -STABLE? *I* think most people misinterprete -STABLE because the first thing that comes to mind is runtime stability. The same issue exists in the GNU/Debian Linux world: Debian stable doesn't mean that the system run always rock-solid and works perfectly, but rather the state of software is stable, i.e. maintainers ensure 100% compatibility between updates. Regards Björn