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Date:      Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:27:39 -0400
From:      Allan Jude <freebsd@allanjude.com>
To:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Downplaying a serious issue
Message-ID:  <533D7DEB.2010501@allanjude.com>
In-Reply-To: <86sipu7py7.fsf@shell.gmplib.org>
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On 2014-04-03 04:54, Torbjorn Granlund wrote:
> Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> writes:
>  =20
>   Do we?  What should it say?  Please be specific, preferably in the
>   form of a PR.  Is this really a doc problem?
>  =20
> Full disclosure.  Don't downplay.  Both the scope and the gravity of th=
e
> issue is grossly downplayed here
>=20

You are assuming it is being downplayed. As Glen explained, the breadth
of the issue was not known. Not that many people run i386 FreeBSD in a
hypervisor. If people do not file PRs, then how is anyone supposed to
know there is a problem?

> The truth is that FreeBSD/i386 10 is completely unusable under all thre=
e
> major type 1 virtualisers.  It should not be used, or one will cause
> data loss.

Did you try the fix that is stated in the errata?

>=20
> It might be embarrasing to fess up about bugs, but downplaying serious
> issues make people lose confidence.  Which is worst?
>=20
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