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Date:      Sun, 7 Oct 2007 22:58:20 -0700
From:      Wes Peters <wes@opensail.org>
To:        Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Cc:        Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com>, Jack F Vogel <jfv@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files kern.pre.mk src/sys/dev/em LICENSE e1000_80003es2lan.c e1000_80003es2lan.h e1000_82540.c e1000_82541.c e1000_82541.h e1000_82542.c e1000_82543.c e1000_82543.h e1000_82571.c e1000_82571.h e1000_82575.c ...
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On Oct 5, 2007, at 11:04 PM, Daniel O'Connor wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Oct 2007, Erik Trulsson wrote:
>> As I understand it the policy of FreeBSD is that new stuff *always*
>> should go into -CURRENT first before it is allowed to go into any
>> -STABLE branch.
>>
>> Please see
>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/
>> rules.html
>
> The rules don't actually say that..

And the rules aren't a substitute for exercising common sense, which  
is what Jack has done here.

> It looks like a good reason to me but only re@ & core@'s opinions  
> really
> count here :)

I count?  Who'd a thunk it?

By the way, Jack, I too appreciate your support and hard work.  We  
use Intel ethernet devices exclusively in our products at work,  
because they "just work."  In FreeBSD, that's largely due to you.

--
            Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters                                                      
wes@softweyr.com





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