2011/10/19 Johan Hendriks <joh.hendr...@gmail.com> > Pavel Timofeev schreef: > > I think we hurry. Imo, BETA/RC period for !NEW! STABLE branch should be> > > longer. Six months, for example.> > New STABLE branch is very important! > > >> So is opening head up to allow developers to work on and commit new> > code. As with many things in engineering, there's a cost/benefit> trade-off. > RE is doing a remarkable job, IMO.> > > Sorry, don't misunderstand me. I'm talking about new STABLE branch. > Maybe we need to change things like "BETA-1(2) is still CURRENT". For > example, let's introduce a new concept "ALPHA" (which will be CURRENT). And > BETAs will be STABLE. > > If you want a really stable OS ,then there is never going to be a release. > In CURRENT, there are a lot of changes already that do not go into 9.0 > You _must_ take a point in time to release the release, even with known and > pending patches. > If you are going to wait, then there will never be a release. > Yes, I agree, but there must be a golden mean.
> The 9.0.1, 9.0.2 branch idea is very apealling i must say. > But here the same problem do we wait for that one patch that is waiting > MFC? > So the same problem when do you release the 9.0.x version! > > Releasing the release is a trade-off. > Ok, I understood. > > I do like the current approach that FreeBSD uses. > The only thing i think could be better is to slow down the release cycle. > Yes, me too I would like to see a release like 9.8, which then have an enormous real > world exposure and where "all" possible bugs are ironed out. > Well, it's a large number. x.3(4) - yes. However, progress is developing faster and faster and we need to keep up with him, so you're right below. A release that you could use without hesitating for your daily tasks. > But then there is a trade-off again, all new features that are pending in > CURRENT do not get as much exposure as we would like, and then when the new > CURRENT become the next production release, we could have a much more > buggier release then normal. > > So i am glad i do not have to make these decisions.** :D > > regards > Johan Hendriks > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
