From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 13 08:08:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA29900 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 08:08:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from heron.doc.ic.ac.uk (LWOUSgPrs+68V+9qhoNjtdSBQK/kxEkq@heron.doc.ic.ac.uk [146.169.2.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id IAA29891 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 08:08:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk) Received: from ash3.doc.ic.ac.uk [146.169.16.31] ([B/2webcSSHzWbpkhfVgUNe+X7d7LUg//]) by heron.doc.ic.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 1.62 #3) id 0xgu7p-00062d-00; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 16:09:09 +0000 Received: from njs3 by ash3.doc.ic.ac.uk with local (Exim 1.62 #1) id 0xgu71-0000CE-00; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 16:08:19 +0000 From: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart) Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 16:08:19 +0000 In-Reply-To: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) "Re: Proposed code merge, objections?" (Dec 13, 4:04pm) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.5 10/14/92) To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposed code merge, objections? Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Dec 13, 4:04pm, J Wunsch wrote: } Subject: Re: Proposed code merge, objections? > > I've been told there is no official policy on this, so I want some > > feedback. I am considering currently a merge of the alog driver > > (Industrial Computer Source AIO8-P) into -stable. > > -stable is not meant to accumulate new features from -current. Unless > there are strong reasons, new drivers should not migrate there. This > _is_ official policy. Does this include drivers for common peripherals such as network cards and SCSI controllers? Why wouldn't you want to back-port a driver in -current to -stable if it has proved reliable? Has the driver/rest of kernel interface changed significantly in -current? Niall @h