From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 26 11:29:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27A3216A412 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:29:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F0BE43D6A for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:29:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8QBTMQ6017784; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:29:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.6/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k8QBTDM0006262; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:29:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k8QBTDwg006261; Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:29:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:29:13 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Nikos Ntarmos Message-ID: <20060926112913.GA6218@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20060926001328.GA5280@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060926001328.GA5280@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha-related PRs for obsolete FBSD branches X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:29:35 -0000 On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 03:13:28AM +0300, Nikos Ntarmos wrote.. > Hi there. > > I was going through the list of problem reports assigned to > FreeBSD/alpha and noticed that some of the PRs refer to EoL'd > branches. Specifically, PRs alpha/{38031,48676,59116,67626} refer to > pre-4.11 branches, and PRs alpha/{47952,50868,61940,61973,66478} refer > to pre-5.3 branches. Wouldn't it be sane to ask for whether these bugs > still exist in officially supported branches and close them otherwise? Some of the bugs are still there, I am quite certain of that. > Or is their existence just an artifact of FreeBSD/alpha's being a > Tier-2 platform? Hm, well, the problem is that Alpha never had enough developers working on it to keep critical mass. Combine that with the wide variation of hardware, each with their own peculiarities and you have a less than desirable situation. That said, I will try to go through GNATS and see if I can do some janitoring. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org