Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:49:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Jon Noack <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: release-engineering branches (was Re: kernel panic in if_ppp.c) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0404151547340.49848-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <407EEB09.7080302@alumni.rice.edu>
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On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Jon Noack wrote: > On 4/15/2004 2:13 PM, Robert Watson wrote: > > Currently, this fix doesn't fit the charter for the RELENG_5_2 branch, > > which is focussed on security-only fixes. However, there's an on-going > > discussion of broadening the scope of the current security branches to > > release-engineering branches. If this happens, I'll merge it to that > > branch also (feel free to remind me if I forget :-). > > This is a fabulous idea. I know it means a little more work, but I can > think of several situations where I had to manually patch a release > branch (or run -STABLE or -CURRENT) because I needed a simple bugfix. > Broadening the scope to make them release-engineering branches would > have saved me from this extra work. I think it increases the > "durability" of releases, allowing people to more strictly use just > releases. As a person responsible for FreeBSD machines in production, I > find this highly desirable. I can see definite complications (like the > MFC rules for the branch -- recent changes in commit permissions to > require an "Approved by:" line should help, though), but my opinion is > that this is worthwhile. yes I've been pushing for this, as I am also reponsible for production machines.. (about a thousand of them) We currently keep a separate cvs repository of 'patches' and added files that we apply automatically when we make our system images.. but it's a lot of work for p[eople just getting started to set that sort of infrastructure up. > > Jon Noack > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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