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Date:      Sat, 29 Apr 1995 13:55:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Mark Hittinger <bugs@ns1.win.net>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: What I'd *really like* for 2.0.5 (fwd)
Message-ID:  <199504291755.NAA27761@ns1.win.net>

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What I'd like for the 2.0.5 release is a seperate sup tree containing
patch texts, say, /usr/src/syspatch

This would contain just kernel bug fixes for 2.0.5 as you guys continue
development motion towards a 2.1.

This would allow those of us who may not need a new feature to stabalize
a server in the 2.0.5 world.  This may also be of some benefit to your
wc site.

Right now I can sort of do this by doing file compares of this week's
stabalized/customized snapshot against the -current.  I can pull fixes
out of -current and stuff them into my snapshot.

The files could be as simple as a note explaining the bug and the
source to refer to in -current for the patch.

If I get a dump, say, when I shove several megabytes through a pipe, I
could search something and see if there is already a fix.  Maybe you guys
have a database of this already and I just am not aware of how to access
it.

If I don't see a report of a similar bug I could then report it, and some
attention could be paid to it for the 2.1 release.

Regards,

Mark Hittinger
bugs@win.net



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