On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 02:38:42AM +0200, Philipp Kern wrote: > Dear kFreeBSD porters, dear kFreeBSD users,
Hi, > the Release Team is currently wondering if it makes sense to release with > kFreeBSD as a regular stable architecture with squeeze. It might be that > it is not yet up to the standards of a regular Debian release as it might > not contain everything that's expected by users. > > So, what do you think is still missing? What would we need to communicate > as a disclaimer to the users if releasing kFreeBSD in this state? >From the server point of view, I think we reached something close to other debian-ports, with even some added features like ZFS. On the other hand I have to agree that on the desktop point of view, there are still problems, which may break the expectations users have from a stable release. The desktop is usable though. > If it's not entirely up to our standards, would a separate suite, like it > has been done in the past for sarge-amd64 and etch-m68k, help having some > sort of release that can be updated independently from the main stable > release? Such a suite could also be useful to land larger changes than > normally allowed for stable. > > Or do you think we should skip this release? (But keep it in testing, of > course.) > Doing a release, a "technology preview" or something that offer a consistent port with security updates to the users will definitely help the port by attracting more users and possible developers. I am open to any form of "release". Cheers, Aurelien -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bsd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100804171529.ga3...@hall.aurel32.net
