From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 12 03:26:16 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FB061065670; Sun, 12 Sep 2010 03:26:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhellenthal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D3BC8FC0C; Sun, 12 Sep 2010 03:26:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn34 with SMTP id 34so4346191iwn.13 for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:26:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3ihVh2v3yHzx4tvMd7b9W/guxC7rsRnQMcA23ooJYow=; b=p0kLyPy3X8zvjqI3lUZB7uzmWhe5WCj0WjhxKub/N7BgFbA0hHJ4QS0MRCCet+DXwy zbDzPa/pGQn21hPZiulpU4UAorM2HUqagWDidl4dXoKP/kbGQnP3yvS4ing8MtAr1tSE w020gJX1GBn2OPr5v8CfqJyuCm/t8+B6XyhV4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=t6NR5AruZNIxbQS3vNf91QylnKLq4616W3BPJLX5dWMVqFQqUXAW9l1vWDYYRVO1AE hzzPaiiJHvAAS9B6SLpp9fCI79ITJisyz1eI0S5ZJgwVHyToz9rtDx4IUCRHA2pooCuD UpHYkQ95xcL+SeysBeHqR4z4TFKQS17OO9S9o= Received: by 10.231.33.129 with SMTP id h1mr3303994ibd.140.1284261969853; Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:26:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from centel.dataix.local (adsl-99-181-137-20.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net [99.181.137.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n20sm4333865ibe.11.2010.09.11.20.26.06 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:26:07 -0700 (PDT) Sender: "J. Hellenthal" Message-ID: <4C8C484C.7060607@DataIX.net> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:26:04 -0400 From: jhell User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100908 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Barton References: <201009100920.o8A9KAAp030811@fire.js.berklix.net> <4C8A77C9.70009@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4C8A77C9.70009@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Policy for removing working code X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 03:26:16 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/10/2010 14:24, Doug Barton wrote: > On 9/10/2010 2:20 AM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: >> One option could be a new list > > Just send these notices to -announce. The removal of stuff like this > doesn't happen often, and as long as we're careful with the frequency > and content of the messages I can't imagine people would complain too much. > I agree with Doug on this. No need to add another layer of complexity to the already existing lists. Just use them properly. Besides wouldn't it make sense to publish the top three or five recent posts to announce@ to a reserved space on the CMS rather than relying on consumers to subscribe to the list at all. I know errata notices get announced I would think a heads up around the board about big changes like removing portions of code completely should be announced as well. FreeBSD-CA-??? "Change Announcement?" for that are constructed much of the same way the SA & EN are ?. Just some thoughts, Regards, - -- jhell,v -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMjEhMAAoJEJBXh4mJ2FR+7tEH/3IazQgUv/JubsuzKLVnCLER oYg1Ws/dvWPC0Tdizm7QIqp+WvFYGz/c9Udihl8jAMW5CVLkNSba/THcpcVbp4hY utHhC88EsPZjgKjGnCpbfOar2cZoBL1nPv16+pL2Ur+NjU9s+PAY31SmFJ6I3fq4 yTMjU+/fsjalBClZYzy90/f0E8jj45la66VrZhEAgMPEWYdIRY1akAOAiZxx9vhM 1M/l9uLuanGhS+4rkM9Tz7ZrCmfLmzV6K3OhEWagTJPbK8DH1WPKk41HhHiW+ef1 p7YDuQYi+CCFg9QB/erhXDXJT5BBOctXOTN4UdNkfC78g5vV+7FZa3CWsSzstss= =L7sZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----