From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Jun 18 11: 6:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E318B37B404; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:06:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.seasidesoftware.co.za) by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 17KNNK-0005Na-00; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:06:42 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Doug Barton Cc: Trish Lynch , Nik Clayton , arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 4.x compatibilty.. Was: MFC of rcNG? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:54:32 MST." <20020618105115.A1723-100000@master.gorean.org> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:06:42 +0200 Message-ID: <20681.1024423602@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:54:32 MST, Doug Barton wrote: > First, anyone smart enough to make modifications to their /etc/rc* scripts > is probably smart enough to hack them into the rcNG framework with a > minimum of fuss. It's not really THAT much different internally. Second, > it's exactly for situations like this that I think we SHOULD make a clean > break at 5.0. There are already enough clean breaks to be made other > places, this is very likely to be one of the least of them. How about this... We commit to keeping rcOLD working on RELENG_4 to the end of RELENG_4. We commit to making rcNG available as an experimental option on RELENG_4 well before 4.7-RELEASE, as long as we think it's feasible to do so. We commit to keeping rcOLD working on HEAD / RELENG_5 as long as it's feasible to do so. We make rcNG the default for 5.0-RELEASE, so that the hurdle is encountered when upgraders are most expecting hurdles. We make it clear in the release notes for 5.0-RELEASE that rcOLD, while still supported, may go away at some point in the lifespan of RELENG_5. Seems to me that this would keep as many people happy as possible, without making any commitments that might hinder forward motion. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message