From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Feb 6 17:40:14 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA19115 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 17:40:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles177.castles.com [208.214.165.177]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA19010 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 17:39:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA02044; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 17:35:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199902070135.RAA02044@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Benjamin Greenwald" cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Naming branches In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 06 Feb 1999 13:12:47 EST." <199902061812.NAA24874@miris.lcs.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 17:35:12 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > By calling the branch -stable, whether we intend to or not, we are making a > statement about both the robustness of the code and the ease of use. In the > case of 3.0-stable, I think we can all agree the upgrade path has been less > than smooth and the code is far less robust than 2.2-stable. Personally, I think that "we" would like to hear fewer complaints about how "un-stable" things are, and receive more _help_ in resolving whatever issues are being brought up. I'm not quite sure who everyone out there thinks is doing the work here. FreeBSD is developed and maintained by a group of volunteers, and the best, nay the only way to encourage them is helping. Whining is not, never has been, and never will be useful. Please consider how you can direct your efforts towards helping the Project. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message