From owner-cvs-all Sat May 8 3:23:54 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33C8E15296; Sat, 8 May 1999 03:23:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA05285; Sat, 8 May 1999 12:23:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id MAA85814; Sat, 8 May 1999 12:23:49 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 12:23:49 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: "Kenneth D. Merry" Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/camcontrol camcontrol.8 camcontrol.c src/sys/cam cam_ccb.h cam_sim.c cam_sim.h cam_xpt.c src/sys/cam/sc Message-ID: <19990508122349.L76212@bitbox.follo.net> References: <19990507111745.A76212@bitbox.follo.net> <199905071558.JAA52377@panzer.plutotech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <199905071558.JAA52377@panzer.plutotech.com>; from Kenneth D. Merry on Fri, May 07, 1999 at 09:58:57AM -0600 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Fri, May 07, 1999 at 09:58:57AM -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > Eivind Eklund wrote... > > On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 05:43:48PM -0700, Kenneth Merry wrote: > > > ken 1999/05/06 17:43:48 PDT > > > > > > Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_3) > > [...] > > > NOTE: These changes will require recompilation of any userland > > > applications, like cdrecord, xmcd, etc., that use the CAM passthrough > > > interface. A make world is recommended. > > > > I thought we were not supposed to do this sort of thing to -stable. > > > > Requirement for 'make world' has been tolerated (barely), but this is > > the first time I've seen anything requiring re-compilation of ports... > > This wasn't done without thought -- there was a reason. There were some > bug fixes that went in that required breaking binary compatibility. I > didn't really make that clear in the checkin message, so here's a rundown > of some of the things that were broken. [...] > I would prefer to fix bugs in -stable rather than let them sit there and > annoy people or cause problems. I wasn't saying that it wasn't the right decision - I was just registering surprise. I think it would be appropriate to send a message to -announce, and it definately needs to go into the release notes for 3.2. Breaking binary compatibility in -stable is supposed to be an event. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message