Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 15:50:29 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0 code freeze scheduled for Jan 15th Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10001061550060.78843-100000@semuta.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <00Jan7.101628est.40323@border.alcanet.com.au>
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Yes, this is a very good point. Jordan, which is it? On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2000-Jan-07 01:43:09 +1100, Steve Ames <steve@virtual-voodoo.com> wrote: > > _FEATURE_ freeze is January 15th. > > Not quite - Jordan specifically stated _CODE_ freeze (see the Subject:). > > Maybe I misunderstood Jordan's original announcement, but this was > also a surprise for me. Jordan originally stated that there'd be a > feature freeze from 15th December 1999. I got the impression that > this was going to be in effect for several months and would allow any > code updates, but prevent the introduction of new features. This > would then be followed by a _CODE_ freeze sometime in 2000Q1, leading > to 4.0-RELEASE late in 2000Q1. (My understanding of the difference is > that during the code freeze, only changes that demonstrably fix known > bugs, without deleterious side effects, are allowed). > > A few weeks ago, I saw comments that it had slipped a month, followed > a few days ago by Jordan's announcement of a code freeze. > > Peter > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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