Upcoming release schedule - 8.4 ?

[Mark Saad]

So what , this fell on deaf ears or was it a horridly bad idea ?
Anyone care to share ?

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Mark Saad <nonesuch at longcount.org> wrote:
> All
>  I have an partial solution to this issue I was thinking about this on
> my morning train ride, so its a bit bumpy.
>
> Here are my solutions they are not complete but I think its a good start.
>
> 1. When official errata and security updates hit the tree . Providing
> updated install media could be step one . Maybe rebuild install media
> periodical say every 3 months, if it warrants it.
>
> 2. Change FreeBSD-update to allow you to select what updates you want,
> and make it work for stable. Simply put think "freebsd-update fetch
> stable kernel" or " freebsd-update fetch release base"
>
> 3. Change FreeBSD-update  to tweak a library so the -pN level is not
> hardcoded into the kernel at compile time. Currently FreeBSD's patch
> or "p level -pN " is a newvers.sh function .
>
> 4. Publish a longer time line for future releases and make it easier
> to find.  While ken smith's email about the 9.1-RELEASE time line was
> a good start , for 9.1,I feel that a short general time line on
> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/ would do a world of good for people
> want to know whats up next and when can I expect it. It does not need
> to be exact just a rough estimate.
>
> The sum total of all of this , in my eyes, is when updated drivers ( I
> know its a still a wish and not reality ) , bug fixes , security
> updates are released , new installs done around that time will start
> out with all of the good bits. Secondly when new updates are released
> users can apply base updates and kernel updates to both release and
> stable as needed. Lastly updates released via this new method would be
> easily checked via uname -a  or maybe " freebsd-update show version"
>
>
> Fire away.
>
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>  Mark Saad | mark.saad at longcount.org



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