Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:40:56 -0700 From: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Upcoming Releases Schedule... Message-ID: <C096D142-4572-48DF-8CCA-053B41003A07@netconsonance.com> In-Reply-To: <448wtpcikb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <1219409496.10487.22.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <593618A3-56DA-4891-A4A0-690E9A9C5B32@netconsonance.com> <F17BE4F1F989BB4A81EB94C36712A9736F3493@dni-mail.datanode.com> <20080904133604.GB1188@atarininja.org> <CB36FE28-D125-4C22-B5DE-1001515DD8A6@netconsonance.com> <47d0403c0809051319r3c82f87bhdb15ce5b0167987a@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0809061159410.28840@fledge.watson.org> <2742CAB1-8FF2-425D-A3B6-0658D7DB8F4D@netconsonance.com> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0809162043380.64176@fledge.watson.org> <0C2C7E9B-61E3-4720-B76F-4745A3C963DA@netconsonance.com> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0809180022580.13100@fledge.watson.org> <658B8861-1E78-4767-8D3D-8B79CC0BD45F@netconsonance.com> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0809181935540.16464@fledge.watson.org> <15F15FD1-3C53-4018-8792-BC63289DC4C2@netconsonance.com> <448wtpcikb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Sep 18, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > I've kind of lost the drift, but it sounds to me as though Jo Rhett is > tentatively offering to take on extended support for 6.2, but not > earlier versions. Aside from programming skills, what would Jo need > to bring to the table in order to provide that back to the project? > Is that a reasonable statement of what's on discussion here? > > [Sorry for putting words into people's mouths, but I need a more > concrete discussion in order to be sure I know what anybody actually > means.] Thank you. If you don't mind I'd prefer to widen the scope a touch because 6.2 will eventually go away, and frankly it is probably better to look forward than to resurrect an unsupported version. So I would probably state: Jo's $EMPLOYER has significant interest in longer support for -REL versions. Enough to fund my time supporting the mainstream project. What would Jo (or anyone else in a similar situation) need to bring to the table in order to provide back to the project? -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness
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