Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 18:19:09 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> Cc: Marcin Cieslak <saper@system.pl>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, imp@freebsd.FreeBSD.ORG, org@axl.noc.iafrica.com Subject: Re: UPDATING is stale? Message-ID: <5140.947175549@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Jan 2000 17:01:29 %2B0100." <20000106170129.C3297@cichlids.cichlids.com>
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On Thu, 06 Jan 2000 17:01:29 +0100, Alexander Langer wrote: > There are HEADS-UP's in -stable as well. > Why isn't it maintained for -stable? Nobody's prepared to do the work, really. Basically, UPDATING was started in response to numerous folks whining that such a thing should exist. This was in spite of the numerous folks who believed that it would quickly become stale. If I recall correctly, its maintainer in CURRENT (imp) was one of those who thought it wasn't a fantastic idea. Although he maintains it, he expects some help in doing so, and just isn't getting the help he needs. So like any user-supported software that isn't supported by its users, this part of FreeBSD is dying. I think it was a reverse proof of concept, basically. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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