Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 15:15:42 -0700 From: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3 Message-ID: <F6D3711B-D934-4863-A30A-0A8F155E7AC5@netconsonance.com> In-Reply-To: <484AF52A.108@FreeBSD.org> References: <9B7FE91B-9C2E-4732-866C-930AC6022A40@netconsonance.com> <4846D849.2090005@FreeBSD.org> <80D7EE2D-A970-407B-A42C-AD17500BC463@netconsonance.com> <861w3cf2pj.fsf@ds4.des.no> <2892DF94-B346-4F36-9D32-165A2EA462D1@netconsonance.com> <484AF52A.108@FreeBSD.org>
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On Jun 7, 2008, at 1:52 PM, Doug Barton wrote: >> I'd said nearly a dozen times that the issues I have aren't >> specifics. I am questioning the overall policy for EoL here. > > Your concerns have been noted. You seem unwilling or unable to > accept the explanation that no matter what you think about the > situation, we don't have the resources to support 6.2. I haven't been given an explanation. I was given that bare statement. An explanation might help me understand where I can help improve the situation. > Furthermore, according to the vast number of people with way more > experience and way more hardware running 6.3 than you have (jhb from > Yahoo! alone qualifies in this category, but he wasn't alone) your > concerns are in fact, misplaced. The people that I know of working around problems in 6.3 all work at Yahoo, so ... > To drive this thread even further into the realm of uselessness, you > seem to be dead set on replying to every single post, saying > basically the same thing over and over, and not listening to > anything anyone is telling you. So far I have been (a) insulted (b) told to "take it or leave it" or (c) demanded to provide specific PRs. Nobody has responded to the question. > So I would like to suggest that you simply stop. Enjoy your trip. > When you come back if you have specific concerns about your > EXPERIENCE running 6.3 (or later) on your specific hardware, fire > away. I suspect you are right, it's time to stop dealing with FreeBSD. The product is quality, but the abuse one has to sustain to ask a question on the mailing list isn't worth it. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness
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