Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 17:18:21 -0500 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Matt Behrens: Re: kernel compile problem Message-ID: <l03130302b1a211e9952c@[208.2.87.10]> In-Reply-To: <199806081512.LAA16030@brain.zeus.leitch.com> References: Richard Wackerbarth's message of "Fri, June 5, 1998 20:24:18 -0500" regarding "Re: Matt Behrens: Re: kernel compile problem" id <l03130300b19e494c0321@[208.2.87.10]> <199806052348.JAA10962@gsms01.alcatel.com.au> <l03130300b19e494c0321@[208.2.87.10]>
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At 10:12 AM -0500 6/8/98, Greg A. Woods wrote: >As a matter of fact I'd like to see release branches fork off from each >development branch simply so that there's no conflict between the >"release" activities and ongoing "development". However since I don't >actually have anything to do with the FreeBSD repository, and esp. not >with the release process, except as a user, well, I guess what I'd like >to see doesn't really matter all that much. > >> If we wait until just before a new release, the window whereby >> they cannot build is reduced since they will get the new binary of >> the config tool soon. > >That's a really bogus argument. The fundamental problem is that there are not enough "branches". As a result, the RELENG_2_2 branch is having to serve as both the development branch for 2.2.7 and the patch branch for 2.2.6. For the former purpose, ASAP is a good strategy. For the latter, any change to the tools destroys the ability of a user to apply patches to his kernel. I don't think that the "kernel only" source users would consider my argument at all bogus. For them, the 2.2 branch is BROKEN. They cannot apply the latest security updates which affect the kernel until 2.2.7 is released. Richard Wackerbarth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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