From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 7 21:01:01 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 D7FA91065671; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 21:01:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from mail.netconsonance.com (mail.netconsonance.com [198.207.204.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD158FC16; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 21:01:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from 4.151.178.10.in-addr.arpa (m420e36d0.tmodns.net [208.54.14.66]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.netconsonance.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m57L0mbB061497; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 14:00:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at netconsonance.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.023 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.023 tagged_above=-999 required=3.5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.44, AWL=-0.154, TVD_RCVD_IP=1.617] Message-Id: From: Jo Rhett To: Doug Barton In-Reply-To: <484821EE.5070303@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v924) Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 14:00:39 -0700 References: <9B7FE91B-9C2E-4732-866C-930AC6022A40@netconsonance.com> <4846D849.2090005@FreeBSD.org> <4846E14C.709@FreeBSD.org> <48472CCF.8080101@FreeBSD.org> <4847EF62.1070709@rxsec.com> <4847F814.10409@FreeBSD.org> <4847FB1D.1050400@rxsec.com> <4848073C.2060509@rxsec.com> <484821EE.5070303@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.924) Cc: Adrian Chadd , FreeBSD Stable , Chris Marlatt 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 21:01:01 -0000 On Jun 5, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Doug Barton wrote: >> It's quite possible what was proposed is an awful idea and if it is >> so be it. But it would appear as though it wasn't even considered. > > On the contrary. This, and lots of other ideas have been given very > careful consideration and have been rejected due to lack of > resources. There, feel better? > > Seriously folks, it's not as if we don't _want_ to be able to > provide better, longer, faster, $whatever support. We're just trying > to be realistic about what we can reasonably do with what we have > available. Doug, would you possibly (without attacking me?) give some insight into the issues here? This is what I was asking: what prevents supporting 6.2 ? Where could I best apply some of my time to improve the situation? -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness