Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 18:27:07 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: gpalmer@freebsd.org (Gary Palmer), ALHACK@am.pnu.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Caldera Linux Message-ID: <199607090027.SAA15606@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199607082249.PAA22765@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <199607061154.MAA21585@palmer.demon.co.uk> <199607082249.PAA22765@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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[ ELF support in -current ] Terry writes: > Well, then I'll call it a mistake to have not considered it before > it was this close to release... 8-(. > > [ ... ] [ Gary responds with a list of files necessary for the upgrade ] > See the number of non-linux related files touched? Since then there > have been countless bug fixes for various aspects of the `emulator', > and with the different VM (etc) structures in -current and -stable, I > wouldn't have recommended anyone try back-porting this. > > How many non-linux related files were touched for other features that > changed between 2.1R and 2.1.5? Lots. Maybe 'touched' was a poor word. Many files were 'fixed' in the 2.1 -> 2.1.5 upgrade, but very few new features were added, and a couple of them shouldn't have been (/dev/random stuff). The ELF stuff is *new* code, and as such doesn't fit the bill for the 'target' of the stable release. > I don't think a "weight of printout" argument is really applicable in > this case. It certainly is. The 'weight of printout' implies that the code is both new *and* fairly untested on a large scale. And, simply because it exists in -current doesn't mean it has been tested given the instablity of current until recently plus the fact that very few folks actually *use* the ELF stuff in -current. The whole raison-d-etre of 'stable' is to be a bug-fix release of 2.1 with only known, tested, 'evolutionary' code in it, vs. new, faster, 'revolutionary' code. Nate
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