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Date:      Fri, 16 Mar 2001 15:53:07 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Jim Mock <mij@osdn.com>, "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steveo@eircom.net>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: More BETA evilness Re: BETA induced nervousness
Message-ID:  <20010316155307.A41507@citusc17.usc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200103162300.QAA17472@usr07.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 11:00:56PM %2B0000
References:  <20010316134113.I29888@fw.wintelcom.net> <200103162300.QAA17472@usr07.primenet.com>

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On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 11:00:56PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote:

> 	-METASTABLE

I actually like this one: metastable means "stable, but may
spontaneously transition to something else at any point without
warning" which is a pretty good description of what happens during the
early phases of code freeze :-)

Probably a bit too technical for most users, though :-)

Kris

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