Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 12:29:29 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Volker <volker@vwsoft.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: release cycle Message-ID: <20070529102929.GA49322@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <465BF62B.6090904@vwsoft.com> References: <465BF62B.6090904@vwsoft.com>
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On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 11:45:15AM +0200, Volker wrote: > Hi! > > Reading some of the latest blog entries today, I've seen there has > been some (newbie) user frustration with the latest X.org upgrade > (mostly by not reading docs or not understanding the ports system at > all). flz@ and des@ had a lot of trouble with some guys. > > Currently, if a new user is trying out FreeBSD, he will most likely > set up a 6.2-RELEASE system and end up in the X.org upgrade war. As a > new user is most likely not prepared to manage the system at all, he > will most likely probe FreeBSD being unmaintainable (as he will most > likely not know how to deal with ports at all). A new user setting up a 6.2-RELEASE system will most likely use the packages and/or the ports tree that shipped with 6.2-RELEASE. The X.org upgrade will only be a concern to such a user *if* he upgrades his ports tree. Most new users will likely not know how to do that. > > While reading about all that latest trouble, I think it might not be a > bad idea to have a (quick) release cycle and release something like > 6.2.1-RELEASE (6.3 is still TBA). I'm considering the latest X.org > upgrade being a major upgrade which would justify a release cycle (@ > flz: you did a great job). That would keep the trouble from new users > and also from some mailing lists. > > I know there's a release cycle for 7-CURRENT planned next June but > IMHO it can be delayed for some weeks. > > What does the core and releng team think? It might do good. A quick release cycle for a release from -STABLE sounds like a bad idea. There have been enough new things that have gone into the 6-STABLE branch that a full release cycle seems warranted. I also think that it would be a bad idea to create *any* new release until after the X.org upgrade has settled down - it has not done that quite yet as far as I can tell. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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