On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 03:46:44PM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > > > >As for alpha, we don't even seem to be able to degrade it to tier 2 > >without losing face. kris@ has already stopped package builds for it > >for his own sake. > > It's not that there is face to loose on alpha, it's that every time > I announce that alpha is going to be killed unless issues X, Y, and Z > are fixed, someone comes along and fixes X, part of Y, and promises > to fix Z.
I don't read anything I haven't read before. People have made promises before and good intentions notwithstanding, you cannot keep a project hostage this way. Degrade alpha and only promote it after people have actually demonstrated that alpha is tier 1 material after all. > At this point, I'm going to advocate that Alpha be dropped from Tier-1 > status for 5.3 and 5-STABLE and no longer be a blocking item for > releases. Just *do* it. You've been advocating for way too long. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
