On 20. Dec 2011, at 19:35 , Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 01:30:34PM -0600, Brooks Davis wrote: > B> I also worry about the problem that once you've installed world there is > B> no easy way back. > > When working on the patch for last months I did numerous 'make installkernel > installworld' switching between a patched sources and unpatched, and > everything > goes fine.
Yeah for the time being but we are talking about a 4-5 year timeframe. > B> If we can identify all the changed interfaces and we can teach 9-STABLE > B> to deal with them then this change is probably OK and we just need to > B> do the appropriate libc and ifconfig spackling and merge it. We can't > B> let this slide too long though because the current state requires an > B> installkernel+installworld for all intents and purposes and that means > B> that if the kernel is broken you are dead in the water. > B> > B> I agree we could really use some sort of way forward that increases our > B> abilty to make these sorts of changes. > > Why 9-STABLE? This change isn't going to be merged. Because we'd need to make sure that "fixes" go backward to work with the new stuff for the update path - the "fixes", not your change. /bz -- Bjoern A. Zeeb You have to have visions! Stop bit received. Insert coin for new address family. _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"