Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:10:59 +0200 From: Rene Ladan <r.c.ladan@student.tue.nl> To: "Brian K. White" <brian@aljex.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd naming of releases Message-ID: <20050329181059.GA46108@82-168-75-155-bbxl.xdsl.tiscali.nl> In-Reply-To: <02bd01c53426$eaec3f40$6800000a@venti> References: <4248EA01.6030902@pacific.net.sg> <02bd01c53426$eaec3f40$6800000a@venti>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 01:16:34AM -0500, Brian K. White wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Erich Dollansky" <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> > To: "Andre Guibert de Bruet" <andy@siliconlandmark.com> > Cc: "Chris" <chrcoluk@gmail.com>; <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 12:39 AM > Subject: Re: freebsd naming of releases > > > >Hi, > > > >Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: > >> > >>On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Erich Dollansky wrote: > >> > >>>It would be much easier for many users to understand terms like "alpha", > >>>"beta" or "production" as others to it. There is not other meaning in > >>>"release" as it is released but for what purpose? [snip] > Maybe instead of trying to fit into too few categories, just have every > daily snapshot, or every cvs commit timestamp, be rated with 3 percentage > values: > % changed > % known good > % known bad Are these in lines of code? > then translate the percentages to 0-255 values and use them as an RGB value > to colorize download links on a web page. > red , purple, blue links you stay away from, > you use only the greenest green ones for production, or dip into yellows > for production when necessary. > > the ratings on fresh or recent updates would be WAG's and mostly dark grey, wouldn't they be red, as only % changed is known? > but over time would become more real and get brighter as feedback > accumulates. > > yes I'm kidding. :) Surely a nice and interesting idea, but implementing would be a lot of work I guess (not the generation of the web pages, but the % ratings). > > Brian K. White -- brian@aljex.com -- http://www.aljex.com/bkw/ > +++++[>+++[>+++++>+++++++<<-]<-]>>+.>.+++++.+++++++.-.[>+<---]>++. > filePro BBx Linux SCO Prosper/FACTS AutoCAD #callahans Satriani Regards, Rene -- "It won't fit on the line." -- me, 2001 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCSZozvz70qa4zXcwRAqXSAJwO9YpLEXe0vgxOlWt8JDaUmmof9ACePaCG FS8/NPV2/xR6CKYyMJ9tEhk= =oLJ/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20050329181059.GA46108>