From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 7 20:18:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBBD4106564A for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:18:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sthaug@nethelp.no) Received: from bizet.nethelp.no (bizet.nethelp.no [195.1.209.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 348A88FC13 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:18:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sthaug@nethelp.no) Received: (qmail 25744 invoked from network); 7 Jun 2008 20:18:35 -0000 Received: from bizet.nethelp.no (HELO localhost) (195.1.209.33) by bizet.nethelp.no with SMTP; 7 Jun 2008 20:18:35 -0000 Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:18:35 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <20080607.221835.74664729.sthaug@nethelp.no> To: jrhett@netconsonance.com From: sthaug@nethelp.no In-Reply-To: <2892DF94-B346-4F36-9D32-165A2EA462D1@netconsonance.com> References: <80D7EE2D-A970-407B-A42C-AD17500BC463@netconsonance.com> <861w3cf2pj.fsf@ds4.des.no> <2892DF94-B346-4F36-9D32-165A2EA462D1@netconsonance.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:18:37 -0000 > I'd said nearly a dozen times that the issues I have aren't > specifics. I am questioning the overall policy for EoL here. Even if > it was known to work properly on my hardware the overwhelming amount > of bugs in 6.3 indicates an unstable release. No. 6.3 is very stable for us, on multiple machines. So is 7.0. And I have seen lots of other users basically saying the same thing. *You* are the one claiming that "the overwhelming amount of bugs in 6.3 indicates an unstable release" - yet you are unwilling to test 6.3 and you are also unwilling to show the PRs you claim exist. My sympathy for such a view is limited. Personally, I'm very happy with the work that the developers have put in and are *continuing* to put in. However, I'm just a user, not a developer. I have occasionally contributed bug fixes to FreeBSD, which is *my* best waying of returning the favor of all of the persons who have spent countless hours, often unpaid, to make FreeBSD a better system. I hope they continue! Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no