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From: Matthew Szudzik <mszudzik@...>
To: <misc@...>
Subject: Re: Rolling release?
Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 9:23 pm

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 03:03:13AM +0200, Zbigniew Baniewski wrote:


Who would buy CD's if there were a "rolling release"?  CD sales are an

important source of funding.


Every time OpenBSD makes a release, it makes news on Slashdot and other

websites.  How would OpenBSD make up for the lost publicity with a

rolling release?


Rolling releases are arguably more buggy than semi-annual releases

because less time is spent ensuring their consistency.  Some users, such

as myself, prefer the relatively bug-free semi-annual releases.
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Rolling release?, Zbigniew Baniewski, (Tue Apr 22, 8:35 pm)
Re: Rolling release?, Siegbert Marschall, (Wed Apr 23, 4:41 pm)
Re: Rolling release?, Steve Shockley, (Tue Apr 22, 8:56 pm)
Re: Rolling release?, Zbigniew Baniewski, (Tue Apr 22, 9:10 pm)
Re: Rolling release?, Steve Shockley, (Tue Apr 22, 10:20 pm)
Re: Rolling release?, Jason Beaudoin, (Tue Apr 22, 8:48 pm)
Re: Rolling release?, Zbigniew Baniewski, (Tue Apr 22, 9:04 pm)
Re: Rolling release?, Marc Espie, (Wed Apr 23, 3:34 am)
Re: Rolling release?, Zbigniew Baniewski, (Wed Apr 23, 10:43 am)
Re: Rolling release? , Theo de Raadt, (Tue Apr 22, 8:46 pm)
Re: Rolling release?, Zbigniew Baniewski, (Tue Apr 22, 9:03 pm)
Re: Rolling release?, Chris Kuethe, (Tue Apr 22, 9:37 pm)
Where I ma? [Was: Rolling release?], Zbigniew Baniewski, (Tue Apr 22, 9:42 pm)
Re: Where I ma? [Was: Rolling release?], Tony Abernethy, (Tue Apr 22, 10:10 pm)
Re: Where I ma? [Was: Rolling release?], Woodchuck, (Wed Apr 23, 2:38 pm)
Re: Where I ma? [Was: Rolling release?], Zbigniew Baniewski, (Tue Apr 22, 10:17 pm)
Re: Rolling release? , Theo de Raadt, (Tue Apr 22, 9:29 pm)
Re: Rolling release?, Zbigniew Baniewski, (Tue Apr 22, 9:39 pm)
Re: Rolling release?, Matthew Szudzik, (Tue Apr 22, 9:23 pm)