From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <3AFC42EB.2910DAAE@wrkhors.com> Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 14:52:11 -0500 From: Steven Lembark MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM 1.0 release decision References: <20010511155311.A17689@sistina.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > In regard to this situation we'ld like to know about your oppinion on > the following request: > is it acceptable to release 1.0 soon *before* all patches to reach the 1.0 code > status are in vanilla (presumed that we provide them with our release as we > always did before)? > > We'll gather your answers for some days and will send the conclusion > to the lists. probably boils down to a marketing issue... people who already use LVM won't care, we already know how to deal with this. new users, however, will feel the pain. the last thing we probably want is for first-time users of 1.0 to walk away with a bad taste from patch/kernel problems. these people are more likley to get bit by any patch issues and more likely to either walk away from LVM or tell other people how much of a hassle it was. for my part running the system i'd rather have the "production" LVM and kernel releases in sync and not have to worry about it. if i need a beta/inter-version release then i'll deal with the extra issues. -- Steven Lembark 2930 W. Palmer St. Chicago, IL 60647 lembark@wrkhors.com 800-762-1582