Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:27:30 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Subject: Re: John Balwdin's proc-locking patch Message-ID: <XFMail.020220172730.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20020219083406.B351E3A9A@overcee.wemm.org>
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On 19-Feb-02 Peter Wemm wrote: > Alfred Perlstein wrote: >> * Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> [020218 22:27] wrote: >> >> > It is totally unecessary to accumulate so many easily-made-incremental >> > changes off-tree and, in fact, I believe it to be detrimental to the >> > project. It locks up large areas of code for long periods of time >> > and creates both a synchronization hassle (even with P4) and a >> > debugging nightmare when finally committed due to the sheer number >> > of changes involved. >> [snip] >> > >> > That is my position. >> >> I've felt the same way for a while. > > Nobody is disputing that. It would have been better if John had committed > it piecemeal, but it didn't work out that way. I doubt he'll fall for this > trap again. Actually, I tried to do it piecemeal and ended up with a kernel that wouldn't boot. :( -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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