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Date:      Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:47:17 -0600
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 dump_machdep.c src/sys/sys   kerneldump.h
Message-ID:  <42BB4A05.10909@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <200506231522.29350.peter@wemm.org>
References:  <200506231954.j5NJsQgG064556@repoman.freebsd.org> <42BB231B.2090708@samsco.org> <200506231522.29350.peter@wemm.org>

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Peter Wemm wrote:
> On Thursday 23 June 2005 02:01 pm, Scott Long wrote:
> 
>>Peter Wemm wrote:
>>
>>>peter       2005-06-23 19:54:26 UTC
>>>
>>>  FreeBSD src repository
>>>
>>>  Modified files:        (Branch: RELENG_5)
>>>    sys/amd64/amd64      dump_machdep.c
>>>    sys/sys              kerneldump.h
>>>  Log:
>>>  MFp4: oops, the amd64 crash dump code was using the i386 dump
>>>version.
>>>
>>>  Revision  Changes    Path
>>>  1.9.4.1   +1 -1      src/sys/amd64/amd64/dump_machdep.c
>>>  1.6.8.1   +1 -0      src/sys/sys/kerneldump.h
>>
>>Skirting the code freeze by committing to RELENG_5 first is a little
>>rude.  Please email RE for approval for HEAD.
> 
> 
> Not for something trivial.  I'll wait till the freeze is over.
> 
> I had precisely 3 minutes to kill before leaving.  I had these sitting 
> in my backlog for HEAD, and noticed that they were applicable to 
> releng_5 as well.

So the process that we've had for 13 years of putting changes into
HEAD before a stable branch is now officially passe?  The process is
in place for a reason, and having a highly visible person flaunt it
is pretty disappointing.

Scott



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