Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 10:39:49 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: jb@cimlogic.com.au (John Birrell) Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, jb@cimlogic.com.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VM changes broke SYSVSHM? Message-ID: <199805031039.DAA26478@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199805022327.JAA10141@cimlogic.com.au> from "John Birrell" at May 3, 98 09:27:47 am
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> We need to be able to support -current, because for many people 2.2.X > is too far in the past. 8-) But we need to avoid throwing marbles > where bladers are skating. The problem is that -current is not yet released. You can not expect John to go off on a branch in order to let people pretend that -current is -stable. If John's changes need to be shaken out, then you are going to have to put up with instability at some point. If you force him onto a branch, then you are going to end up paying more in the future. The code on the branch will not be nearly as well tested as if it weren't on a branch. You should also consider that John's changes are not gratuitous. They fix bugs. I think th qualitative difference would be that, if the changes were on a branch, then you will have a longer time in which you must live with instabilities and/or unresolved bugs. I, for one, would loudly object to forcing John off onto a branch. The constructive approach would be to work on getting -current stable (AND bug free) enough for a release (IMO). Then your "bladers" can be safe from marbles, and at the same time get to complain about how "3.0 is buggier than the new -current" and "why can't we make -current more stable, given that 3.0 is too far in the past". 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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