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To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com>
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Subject: Re: backporting to 3.5
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"Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote:
> 
> > Is there going to be a policy regarding what to backport to 3.5?
> > My personal opinion is that if we backport too much we reduce the
> > users' motivation to move to ...
> 
> Whatever people wish to back-port to it, within reason. 

	I think what I was asking about was a clearer definition of "within
reason," but so be it. 

> Your personal
> opinion aside, we don't engage in social engineering around here by
> holding back fixes in attempt to force users to switch.

	Please don't mischaracterize what I said. I specifically referred to
fixes as something which should be expected to backport. I have a fleet
of 3.x machines that I don't plan to upgrade any time soon, so I'm
interested in protecting the branch as much as anything else.

	I started to type out some kind of response to the rest of your post,
but apparently I've (yet again) stepped on some nerve of yours, so I
will just let it stand at that. 

Doug
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