freebsd 7 release date :)

[Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri]

On 8/20/07, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc at msu.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 03:18:55PM -0400, Josh Carroll wrote:
>
> > > I'm not suggesting we lay out a strict timeline, as I'd much prefer
> > > the releases when they're ready, but simply a page saying, 'Hey,
> > > FreeBSD x.y release is coming soon, we're currently working on 'blah.''
> >
> > Something more than what's here then?
> >
> > http://www.freebsd.org/releng/
> >
>
> That is helpful, especially the line that says
>   'June 2007    Start FreeBSD 7.0 Release Process'
>
> But another line or two that indicate hoped for release window
> that can be updated as that changes would be helpful.   The
> next couple of lines relating to 6.x would be enough if they
> had a date even as loosely approximate as '2007-3Q' or 'November 2007'
> or some such instead of plain 'TBA' would be helpful.   If if becomes
> apparent that November is going to slip, plug in 'January 2008' or
> whatever.
>
> The caveat above is clear and could even be stated more strongly
> if that made people taking a stab at a date feel more comfortable.
>
> ////jerry

I'm all for this useful opinion. :)


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