From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 8 16:54:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E08A16A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:54:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 833E843D41 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:54:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id iA8GrvA06681; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:53:57 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200411081653.iA8GrvA06681@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: TM4526@aol.com Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:53:56 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: from "TM4526@aol.com" at Nov 08, 2004 11:47:06 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: difference between releases X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 16:54:27 -0000 > > In a message dated 11/8/04 10:49:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, > keramida@ceid.upatras.gr writes: > >> How discouraging for you not to understand that. > > > > Its "discouraging", because a "Release" should be " a completed set of > > features that have been tested and thought to be bug-free" > > >You know that this isn't exactly true. I have yet to see one "release" of > any > >product that does not have bugs. I probably never will. > > I think the "thought to be bug-free" covers that, but I know that english is > a > difficult language. > > The problem with "getting over it" is that people "think" that a release is > thought > to be well-tested, but its apparently no different from any other beta > release. > > I think its rather important. When you get a release, you don't expect that > some unknown set of features is still in some sort of Beta stage. The purpose > of a release is to get what you're doing done, and then start on new stuff > based > on the "release", which should be a known, completed code base. > > All part of the experience I suppose. The whole world is in beta. Get over it. ////jerry