Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 00:32:45 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposed code merge, objections? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971214003131.2386E-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199712131504.QAA22341@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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iHmmmmmm I thought that new drivers (that don't change existing functionality) could be ADDED to -stable if deemed sufficiently useful, and they have proved themselves in -current. On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, J Wunsch wrote: > "J. Weatherbee - Senior Systems Architect" <jamil@acroal.com> wrote: > > > I've been told there is no official policy on this, so I want some > > feedback. I am considering currently a merge of the alog driver > > (Industrial Computer Source AIO8-P) into -stable. > > -stable is not meant to accumulate new features from -current. Unless > there are strong reasons, new drivers should not migrate there. This > _is_ official policy. > > -- > cheers, J"org > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) >
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