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Date:      Mon, 28 May 2001 13:27:58 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/kbdcontrol kbdcontrol.1 kbdcontrol.c src/usr.sbin/vidcontrol vidcontrol.1 vidcontrol.c 
Message-ID:  <52480.991049278@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 May 2001 04:05:28 MST." <200105281105.f4SB5Uq58895@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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On Mon, 28 May 2001 04:05:28 MST, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:

>   Modified files:
>     usr.sbin/kbdcontrol  kbdcontrol.1 kbdcontrol.c 
>     usr.sbin/vidcontrol  vidcontrol.1 vidcontrol.c 
>   Log:
>   Move the scrollback controls from kbdcontrol to vidcontrol.
>   Also fix some style bugs in the code and poor language in the man pages.

If and when you decide to do similar work for existing features in
kbdcontrol(1) on the stable branch, I'd recommend that you mark the
features as deprecated in kbdcontrol(1) for one release on the stable
branch before deleting them.

Sometimes, we let backward compatibility stand in the way of progress
too much.  Other times, we don't consider the value of backward
compatibility enough.  I think that the "mark as deprecated for one
release" approach is a sensible middle ground.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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