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Date:      Sat, 06 Jun 1998 09:48:37 +1000 (EST)
From:      Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Matt Behrens: Re: kernel compile problem
Message-ID:  <199806052348.JAA10962@gsms01.alcatel.com.au>

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On Fri, 05 Jun 1998 06:42:00 -0500, Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> wrote:
> That brings us back to the question of "Why?". Should the 2.2 branch
>have been changed now? Perhaps this aspect should have been frozen until
>we are preparing for a 2.2.7 release.
I think this is backwards.  These sort of changes should be made well
in advance of any proposed release so that they can be adequately
tested (and backed out if serious problems arise).  Putting `major'
changes in just before a release is almost always a bad idea.

Peter
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