Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:04:28 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, jhb@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: John Balwdin's proc-locking patch Message-ID: <20020219070428.GF12136@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <200202190626.g1J6QhG58642@apollo.backplane.com> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020218193120.69361O-100000@fledge.watson.org> <200202190626.g1J6QhG58642@apollo.backplane.com>
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* Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> [020218 22:27] wrote: > It is totally unecessary to accumulate so many easily-made-incremental > changes off-tree and, in fact, I believe it to be detrimental to the > project. It locks up large areas of code for long periods of time > and creates both a synchronization hassle (even with P4) and a > debugging nightmare when finally committed due to the sheer number > of changes involved. [snip] > > That is my position. I've felt the same way for a while. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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