From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 16 19:25:33 2005 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 0F7E016A4FF for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:25:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dsyphers@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB20643D9B for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:25:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dsyphers@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id jBGJP38V010951 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:25:03 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from yggdrasil.seektruth.org (c-67-171-38-33.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [67.171.38.33]) (authenticated authid=dsyphers) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW05.09) with ESMTP id jBGJP2UF031440 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NOT); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:25:02 -0800 From: David Syphers To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:25:01 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <20051216105005.68898.qmail@web36212.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20051216113117.GA52639@mail.scottro.net> <20051216184149.GC58262@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20051216184149.GC58262@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200512161125.02157.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CD 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CTYPE_CHARSET_QUOTED 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: Gary Kline Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Release schedule for 2006 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: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:25:34 -0000 On Friday 16 December 2005 10:41 am, Gary Kline wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 06:31:17AM -0500, Scott Robbins wrote: > > > After upgrading to 6-stable, I got regular hang-ups of > > > the system (endless loop?) when swapspace is used > > > extensively. Never happened with 5. > > I didn't move until 5 until 5.2+; it was a major move. > There were lots of things to get-right. So maybe by > 6.5, 6 will be granite stable. I feel compelled to point out that 5 wasn't called -stable until 5.3. 5.0-5.2 were early adopter releases. So 6.n isn't comparable to 5.n (as always YMMV). My understanding is that the whole point of this expedited release process is to avoid the feature creep that leads to huge and sometimes painful leaps (like 4 to 5 was). -David -- "What's the good of having mastery over cosmic balance and knowing the secrets of fate if you can't blow something up?" -Terry Pratchett