Re: When DragonFly hits release..

[David Rhodus <drhodus@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Erik P. Skaalerud wrote:
> 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 

DragonFly does not and will not follow the same MFC method that lead to 
this. The releases from DragonFly should be able to follow a standard 
dictation of a revision release number. There is no reason for anything 
else as the point of being a stable operating system should be more than 
innate.

-DR