Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:02:22 -0500 From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, obrien@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: COMPAT_IA32 renamed COMPAT_FREEBSD32 Message-ID: <p06240804c7c4248d6354@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <20100312185949.GA31744@lonesome.com> References: <4B99031D.3080308@freebsd.org> <4B991C00.3010809@intertainservices.com> <790a9fff1003111714s58d9ee4bl6454d1d52bf705b8@mail.gmail.com> <077AD48E-76D1-459A-9493-8DCB297A98DF@samsco.org> <20100312172255.GC31089@dragon.NUXI.org> <20100312185949.GA31744@lonesome.com>
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At 12:59 PM -0600 3/12/10, Mark Linimon wrote: >On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 09:22:55AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > > Yes it is. Where was it discussed first? I do not see anything > > in my freebsd-arch or freebsd-current archive; or any other > > FreeBSD list. > >http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4B971CA3.9090301 > >crossposted on amd64@, ia64@, emulation@. While those are logical mailing lists for this topic to have come up on, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that there are many freebsd users and committers who are not on those lists. Many people who do know about the existing COMPAT_FREEBSD* variables, and thus will be surprised at this variable name. My understanding is that there has already been a lot of furor over this name, so let me first say I don't mean to infuriate anyone. However, my own vote would be for some other name than COMPAT_FREEBSD32. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = drosehn@rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@FreeBSD.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA
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