From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Apr 20 9:51:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp011.mail.yahoo.com (smtp011.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6058337B423 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:51:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk) Received: from j155.kch20.jaring.my (HELO as2.kptn.org) (161.142.55.169) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Apr 2001 16:51:21 -0000 X-Apparently-From: Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 00:56:18 +0800 From: Alvin Sim X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.52 Beta/7) UNREG / CD5BF9353B3B7091 Reply-To: Alvin Sim Organization: n/a X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <9214284429.20010421005618@yahoo.co.uk> To: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re[2]: Can't test rc. Should release be delayed? In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.0.20010420105348.028bce80@pop.schulte.org> References: <5.0.2.1.0.20010420105348.028bce80@pop.schulte.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Friday, April 20, 2001, 11:58:40 PM, Christopher Schulte wrote: [...politely snipped...] >>I hate to suggest this, but I think there should be a delay in 4.3 >>until there is a better chance for people to get the ISO and test it >>out. At the moment 4.3 looks like a potentially excellent release. I'd >>hate to see some trivial glitch in the final release mess that up >>because the final RC was almost completely untested. CS> If the release team thinks more time is needed, take it. A 'release date' CS> is nothing more than an arbitrary number, and I think everyone would prefer CS> a slightly-delayed quality product than an on-time one with CS> problems. We're not talking about months or years of waiting; a few days CS> or a week or two is a very acceptable delay. dont mean to offend anyone but, i'm new to freebsd and been using it for only a month and a half now (serving as my gateway) and i stare at it everyday, spending _at_least_ 16 hours a day, for the past period mentioned. i surely am not everyone but i feel that i have to agree with both Kevin and Christopher. i for one, dont mind waiting for a "real" (if applicable) stable -RELEASE than one that needs to be patched/fixed/whatever right after a realease. like i said, i'm not everyone but at least, IMHO, for those *BSD purist, the wait is worth it. simply put... i, speaking for myself, dont need another red hat like product. do you? [...politely snipped...] -- Alvin bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message