Re: md, current and stable

2001-02-06 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Tue, 06 Feb 2001 16:34:39 +1100, "Chris Knight" wrote: Since the new md was introduced, it is not possible to build a -current snapshot on a -stable box. Are there any plans to MFC this soon? Woah, what's the problem? This sounds like something that should be fixed, not covered up with

RE: md, current and stable

2001-02-06 Thread Chris Knight
Howdy, -Original Message- From: Sheldon Hearn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 6 February 2001 20:38 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: md, current and stable On Tue, 06 Feb 2001 16:34:39 +1100, "Chris Knight" wrote

Re: md, current and stable

2001-02-06 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 004a01c09026$ec0261f0$[EMAIL PROTECTED], "Chris Knight" writes: Howdy, -Original Message- From: Sheldon Hearn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 6 February 2001 20:38 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: m

Re: md, current and stable

2001-02-06 Thread John Baldwin
On 06-Feb-01 Sheldon Hearn wrote: On Tue, 06 Feb 2001 16:34:39 +1100, "Chris Knight" wrote: Since the new md was introduced, it is not possible to build a -current snapshot on a -stable box. Are there any plans to MFC this soon? Woah, what's the problem? This sounds like something

Re: md, current and stable

2001-02-06 Thread Nat Lanza
John Baldwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Releases are bad enough as is w/o having to add in a multitude of hacks so that one can roll a 5.0 release on a 2.2.x box, etc. Sure, but allowing 4.x users to do a source upgrade to 5.0 makes the upgrade path much more flexible. There's a big difference

Re: md, current and stable

2001-02-06 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nat Lanza writes: John Baldwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Releases are bad enough as is w/o having to add in a multitude of hacks so that one can roll a 5.0 release on a 2.2.x box, etc. Sure, but allowing 4.x users to do a source upgrade to 5.0 makes the upgrade

Re: md, current and stable

2001-02-06 Thread Nat Lanza
Poul-Henning Kamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You don't need "make release" to do a source upgrade from 4.x to 5.x... You're right. Whoops. I can still see it being useful in some cases, though, and as long as the changes necessary to support it aren't too ugly it might be worthwhile. --nat

Re: md, current and stable

2001-02-06 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nat Lanza writes: Poul-Henning Kamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You don't need "make release" to do a source upgrade from 4.x to 5.x... You're right. Whoops. I can still see it being useful in some cases, though, and as long as the changes necessary to support it