Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 13:47:48 +0000 (GMT) From: hometeam <hometeam@techpower.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: speaking of 3.4... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911231329580.7901-100000@techpower.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9911231012010.72429-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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I agree with Doug I would like to see more quality not quantity, and updates on prg..like pppd , We are at 2.3.5 and releases are at 2.3.10 . On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Doug White wrote: > On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > And I agree with 'proprtions' issue too. I'm trying to correct > > > this. But, perhaps, a considerable compromise would pay some > > > benefit to FreeBSD? > > > > I don't see how. Most of our customers demand more releases more > > frequently, not less. > > When we're already at 4 releases/year, this is indicitive of a > problem. People want new releases to fix the bugs in the current release. > > Our release QA is horrible. Look at what Apple does -- they sit on the > release candidate for a *month*, with *no changes at all*, before putting > it gold; we might get a week, and frequently there's last-minute changes > or more obscure nuances that often result in bugs in the release. > > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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