From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 28 15:37:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 014CD106564A; Wed, 28 May 2008 15:37:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (trang.nuxi.org [74.95.12.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC7AB8FC19; Wed, 28 May 2008 15:37:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4SFbwhW029792; Wed, 28 May 2008 08:37:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m4SFbwTt029791; Wed, 28 May 2008 08:37:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 08:37:58 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Maxim Sobolev Message-ID: <20080528153758.GF85398@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200805272004.m4RK4SZt029194@repoman.freebsd.org> <483C7FF2.6000607@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <483C7FF2.6000607@FreeBSD.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Xin LI , cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/include string.h src/lib/libc/string Makefile.inc memchr.3 memrchr.c src/sys/sys param.h X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@FreeBSD.org List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 15:37:59 -0000 On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 02:41:06PM -0700, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Xin LI wrote: >> delphij 2008-05-27 20:04:27 UTC >> FreeBSD src repository >> Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_6) >> include string.h lib/libc/string Makefile.inc >> memchr.3 sys/sys param.h Added files: >> (Branch: RELENG_6) >> lib/libc/string memrchr.c Log: >> MFC: Add memrchr(3). > > I think this is not very good idea to MFC that into stable releases 6.x and > 7.x. The reason is that configure scripts for some packages might detect up > this API and enable it. Which means that some binary-only packages build > for say 6.4 won't work on 6.3 and down. AFAIK, both forward and backward > compatibility is required (or at least desired?) for stable branches. NOT required. Desireable at times, but we only require that 6.3 binaries run without modifications on 6.4. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)