When DragonFly hits release..

[Devon H. O'Dell]

Erik P. Skaalerud <erik at xxxxxxxxxxxx> scribbled:
> If we ever are going to have a branch similar to FreeBSD's "-STABLE", can we 
> pleasepleaseplease not name it -STABLE?
> 
> Over the years I've still wondered why its named -STABLE, when its not the 
> most stable branch at all.
> I like debians way of expressing this, with "unstable".
> 
> New users get fooled into running -STABLE just because it says -STABLE. They 
> dont know what they are going into, and lets face it, no, they dont use the 
> handbook or the docs, they just simply do what their friends tell them to 
> do.
> 
> Maybe this subject is a little far ahead in the future, but I really beg you 
> core people to not name it STABLE.
> 
> Erik 

I have to second this one. In every FreeBSD help channel I've been in,
it's almost a daily question. People even refuse to believe my
explinations even _after_ I point them to
http://freebsd.org/handbook/current-stable.html. It's also a FAQ on
questions@, I believe.

-- 
Kind regards,

Devon H. O'Dell   |         dodell at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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