Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 16:21:39 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Charles Youse <cyouse@artemis.syncom.net> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, ben@rosengart.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shouting in a void? Message-ID: <24237.906420099@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 21 Sep 1998 08:04:27 EDT." <Pine.NEB.3.96.980921074626.27858B-100000@artemis.syncom.net>
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> > That sounds like support. Current is simply not supported. Good advice > > about the handbook, though... > > Current may not be "supported", but those running -current comprise our > only alpha and beta test groups. The bug reports submitted by these > individuals provide valuable information that serves only to improve > the final product (e.g., 3.0R). Ignoring such reports defeats the purpose > of giving the public access to -current sources, and also shows a lack of > concern on the part of the core team members. Well, you have to keep several things in context here or you're going to draw very some erroneous conclusions (and possibly already have): 1. The "current is not supported" comment was not made by a core member or someone otherwise authorized to "speak for the project" in any greater sense of the word. Of course current is supported, it's just not *encouraged* for the average user and we stand by that. The average user, who probably doesn't know how to apply a bandage or even necessarily know where the first-aid box is when cut by the bleeding edge, should certainly stick to the mainstream releases. In that sense, current is not "supported" for the average user. It is supported in every other sense, however, in that we respond to bug reports and otherwise attempt to make sure that the system builds and operates according to plan at any given time. 2. The freebsd project is not the core team. The core team merely provides rough course corrections when such are required and generally manages the project when it needs managing. Otherwise, it's more correct to say that the developers really run the project and are the people who's "concern" you most want to elicit when -current is unstable. Core is a management body, not the bridge, the engine room and sickbay all rolled into one. :-) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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