From owner-freebsd-stable Mon May 5 18:00:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA03065 for stable-outgoing; Mon, 5 May 1997 18:00:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhost.anasazi.com (mailhost.anasazi.com [138.113.128.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA03048 for ; Mon, 5 May 1997 18:00:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chad.anasazi.com by mailhost.anasazi.com (5.65/3.7) id AA25969; Mon, 5 May 97 18:00:03 -0700 Received: by chad.anasazi.com (5.65/3.7) id AA18202; Mon, 5 May 97 18:00:01 -0700 From: chad@anasazi.com (Chad R. Larson) Message-Id: <9705060100.AA18202@chad.anasazi.com> Subject: 2.1.8 Release To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 18:00:00 -0700 (MST) Reply-To: chad@anasazi.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I tried to stay out of the discussion about whether a 2.1.8 release was justified, but the last week's flurry of e-mail about lockups, memory leaks and the continuing Adaptec controller adventures persuades me that I'm not yet ready to commit my production machines to a 2.2.x release. I also must admit I have found no use for the "live filesystem" CD-ROM in my subscription. I freely admit that might be different if I didn't have a nice, full time (via MCI) connection to the 'net, but there you have it. That being said, here's what I'd prefer for my CD-ROM buying dollar. Yes, please, make a 2.1.8 release. I'm assuming it would be essentally what I have now on machines using CVSup to track RELENG_2_1_0. Drop the live filesystem from the subscription set. Ship 2.1.x and 2.2.x as the two CDs in the subscription set. When 3.0 graduates to release status, right-shift one on the CDs, and ship 3.0.x and 2.2.x as the subscription. That is, make the subscription be current release, and mature oldie-but-goodie. Let the subscribers decide which they want to install and run. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL22) Brother, can you paradigm? 602-870-3330 chad@anasazi.com chad@anasaz.UUCP chad@dcfinc.com Anasazi, Inc. - 7500 North Dreamy Draw Drive, Suite 120, Phoenix, Az 85020