Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 10:38:18 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Bob Vaughan <techie@tantivy.stanford.edu>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Looking for feedback on xl (3c905/3c905B) driver Message-ID: <9809011038.aa05059@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 31 Aug 1998 23:25:22 -0000." <199808312326.XAA01271@word.smith.net.au>
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> > I don't expect to be talked down to like a schoolboy, especially when I > > have been doing everything that it was suggested I do. > > So you've been reading the commit messages, then? I'm sure many people > have recommended this before. Seriously; if you really want 100% > coverage, you have to watch *everything*. To be fair, I've never seen reading the commit logs listed as a requirement for running stable. Not announcing changes that break stuff makes a nonsense of telling people they should subscribe to -stable before running -stable. Why bother when you're just going to be told to read the commit logs and diffs? (I do read the diffs - but I don't consider it reasonable that everyone should have to - people ftping CTM deltas don't even get the commit logs). As you say, for 100% coverage read everything available. OTOH a message to -stable wouldn't have gone amis. If someone forgot to post this message fine - but it seems unfair to move the goal posts and tell people it was completly their fault for not reading every available bit of info. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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