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Date:      Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:07:25 +1200
From:      Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ARRRRGH! Guys, who's breaking -STABLE's GMIRROR code?!
Message-ID:  <4504C4DD.5020902@paradise.net.nz>
In-Reply-To: <20060911001117.GA44739@FS.denninger.net>
References:  <20060910183958.GA35701@FS.denninger.net> <00c301c6d50d$751ffe80$0a0aa8c0@rivendell> <20060911001117.GA44739@FS.denninger.net>

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Karl Denninger wrote:
>
>
> 
> No, I would like -STABLE to be treated as what it is claimed to be - BETA
> code, not ALPHA code.
> 
> There's a huge difference between the two, and MFCing something back to
> -STABLE without testing the <BASIC> functionality of the module you're working
> with first does not fit the BETA model (it DOES fit the Alpha model.)
> 
> This is coming from someone who has run FreeBSD in a production environment
> for basically 10 years, and has even sometimes used -CURRENT during that time
> (with full knowledge that running THAT is, indeed, ALPHA code!)
> 
> 

I guess part of the problem is not enough of us running -CURRENT, so 
bugs can slip through into -STABLE via MFC (I know I'm guilty here - 2 
boxes running -STABLE, none on -CURRENT....)

Cheers

Mark




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