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From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: MFC rstp
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On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 08:24:14AM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> >I have a patch here to MFC the rstp code to RELENG_6. It should be all
> >fine and dandy as for API but will cause the default spanning tree
> >version to change from stp to rstp.
> >
> >Is it ok to change the protocol version for the STABLE users (rstp is
> >backwards compatable with stp) or should it still default to stp and
> >require the OP to enable rstp.
> >
> >Any opinions?
> 
> I think you should leave stp as default and have the user configure rstp
> if (s)he thinks (s)he needs it.
 
Yes, I think thats the safest. It will just need a bit more info in the
man page so people know it exists.


Andrew