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Subject: Re: svn commit: r220982 - in head: . sys/amd64/conf sys/arm/conf
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On Sun, 24 Apr 2011, Robert Watson wrote:

> I agree with Bjoern that it is critical to address these issues in a timely 
> manner -- our users depend on reliable and easy upgrades, and it seems (on 
> face value) that significant work remains to be done to make that possible. 
> Our release is increasingly close, and it's important we keep the tree as 
> stable as possible so that merges of other straggling features can go 
> uneventfully.

Just to follow up on the point: it's very important that the new ATA driver 
see as much testing exposure as possible -- that's one reason why paying close 
attention to the upgrade path.  If we knock users off 9-CURRENT due to upgrade 
problems, then we'll reduce testing for this feature just as much as any 
others.  This is a good reason to resolve the problems as quickly as possible!

Robert