RW> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:17:20 +0100 (BST) RW> From: Robert Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
RW> On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Edward B. DREGER wrote: RW> RW> > Perhaps work on 7 should have been delayed until 5 and 6 were able to woo RW> > people away from 4 -- or at least not leave valid reasons for people RW> > wanting to stay behind. RW> Right now this MFC pipeline is working quite well, but it's worth keeping in In which case there should be no complaints about *maintaining* four different trees. :-) Small, incremental patches and security fixes are not the large source refactorings/rototills that are a pain to MFC. RW> > Rather than spend undue effort on 4 and 5, improving 6 and 7 is i.e., I have the same thoughts re the MFC pipeline. Adding major features to 4.x would be a slippery slope, as you described. Once everyone's pet feature was added... voici! 7-STABLE! Eddy -- Everquick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita ________________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked. Ditto for broken OOO autoresponders and foolish AV software backscatter. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
