Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 11:34:55 -0600 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -current and -stable mailing lists Message-ID: <l03010d00af533005c68e@[208.2.87.4]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970317155525.9528B-100000@bagpuss.visint.co.uk> References: <l03010d00af530ba53a97@[208.2.87.4]>
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>Matthew Thyer <thyerm@satech.net.au> writes: >>This is ridiculous. >> >>FreeBSD 3.X is CURRENT! > >how about > >2.1-past >2.2-present >3.0-future > >which actually explains it, but then again, so does just the number, >but in order to actually make it all understandable for new folks: > >2.1-previous >2.2-current >(or simply 2.2-release) Sorry. 2.2-RELEASE was yesterday. Today's 2.2 tree is (slightly) different :-) >3.0-experimental The "problem" is that some of the entrenched people who get the dictate what happens understand the distinctions but fail to the able to see the situation from the point-of-view of the "general public". They prefer THEIR interpretation because that is the interpretation to which THEY are accustomed. I fear that they are suffering from the all too common problem of being too close to something to see the broader perspective.
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