From owner-freebsd-net Tue Mar 4 7:57:51 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9C9237B401; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 07:57:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from heron.mail.pas.earthlink.net (heron.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6E5E43FB1; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 07:57:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from pool0004.cvx40-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([216.244.42.4] helo=mindspring.com) by heron.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (SSLv3:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18qEna-0005xs-00; Tue, 04 Mar 2003 07:57:46 -0800 Message-ID: <3E64CCAB.4C70108F@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 07:56:27 -0800 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Robbins Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of netns References: <20030305004730.A13129@dilbert.robbins.dropbear.id.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: b1a02af9316fbb217a47c185c03b154d40683398e744b8a4b7b18a31286905235cb2a257310419d2666fa475841a1c7a350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Tim Robbins wrote: > Is there a compelling reason why I shouldn't remove netns? That is, does > it serve a purpose now that it could not serve if it was moved to the > Attic? Might as well move /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC to the attic while you are at it. It can serve it's purpose from there, too. Is there a compelling reason for doing this, other than "I want to make some API/locking change, but I don't want to have to keep this code working at the same time"? Maximizing bit-rot in order to avoid effort is a bad thing, particularly when it's done by the person who is making the change that causes the rot: that person is the person most qualified in the world to correct the bit-rot (or prevent it from happening), in that they have the best understanding of *why* their change broke something. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message