Yeah, there are some issues that will have to be worked out with regard
to what the delta is between an AOLserver and OpenNSD release so that
it's very clear to everyone why they should choose to use one or the
other.
In any case, I would hope that we would be tracking AOLserver
development, such that an OpenNSD release was essentially AOLserver plus
features the OpenNSD community wanted that AOL isn't interested in. If
this is how we plan to handle it, I'd say that OpenNSD 4.0.0 would
correspond to AOLserver 4.0, that OpenNSD 4.2.1 would correspond to
AOLserver 4.2 but would be the second OpenNSD minor release for the 4.2
version of AOLserver, sort of like this:
AOLserver 4.0 -> OpenNSD 4.0.0
OpenNSD 4.0.1
OpenNSD 4.0.2
OpenNSD 4.0.3
AOLserver 4.1 -> OpenNSD 4.1.0
OpenNSD 4.1.1
OpenNSD 4.1.2
Handling releases this way would allow us to take advantage of
improvements that the AOL team makes as well as integrating the OpenNSD
community's features in a less confusing fashion (sidenote: bugfixes
made to OpenNSD that also pertain to AOLserver should be worked into
AOLserver).
I think Yon has made it clear in his message that this is a "very
unofficial" release, so I think any confusion comes from a
misunderstanding of the "split". I don't speak for the rest of the
OpenNSD community, but I believe that we have already and will continue
to work very closely with the AOLserver crew to mutual benefit.
/s.
-----Original Message-----
From: AOLserver Discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf
Of Titus Brown
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 7:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [AOLSERVER] ANN: OpenNSD/AOLServer 4 beta 2
-> No, it isn't (that's why I said "unofficial" and I don't even mention
-> AOLServer anywhere on the web page). I've added AOLServer so the
-> folks on this list know that it's basically the same thing.
->
-> However, the code is straight from AOLServer's CVS with a few
-> bugfixes of mine.
Not to argue one way or the other about the split, but saying
"OpenNSD/AOLserver 4.0" -- that is, using a number that *could* mean
something in the AS releases, and moreover preceding it with an
"AOLserver" -- is not terribly clear ;).
I'd really like to ask the OpenNSD people in general to make this as
clear as possible, because the split is going to confuse a lot of
people. By failing to indicate the distinction between OpenNSD and
AOLserver version numbers on both the release Web page and in the
e-mail, you've managed to confuse me, at least.
I suppose I should pop on over the OpenNSD bboards to ask this, but I
have a violently allergic reaction to those Web bboards now, and it
doesn't seem inappropriate for the AOLserver list -- why did you decide
to increment the major version number? My understanding, perhaps flawed,
was that AOLserver is not moving to 4.0 for a while yet, and this could
cause a split in what major version numbers mean. Since bug fixes
usually don't cause a major version number increment, I suspect that the
"first" version of OpenNSD is going to be 4, which has an even greater
potential for confusion.
I should say that I follow the AOLserver list only. Perhaps I'm alone
in my confusion, but I feel a looming sense of dread that I've already
been confused by the first "public" announcement of the NSD folks...
cheers,
--titus
