Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 09:03:27 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, <arch@FreeBSD.ORG>, <bright@wintelcom.net>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: NO MORE '-BETA' Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0103160901230.18102-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010317012235.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On 16-Mar-01 Chris Dillon wrote: > > 4.3-BETA at this time. I get the usual "BETA!?!?" response, whereby I > > have to explain that FreeBSD's "BETA" is nothing like, say, > > Microsoft's "BETA". I don't think its a big problem, just that it > > Heh.. actually it is.. > > MS run RC's and Beta's too. I'm referring to the code quality and general usefullness of the "BETA". To me, FreeBSD's "BETA" is just another term for "-STABLE in a code freeze because we're just about to do a release", not "a buggy piece of crap". -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For IA32 and Alpha architectures. IA64, PPC, and ARM under development. http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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