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Date:      Tue, 23 Jun 2020 07:44:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
To:        Josua Mayer <josua.mayer97@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: routed && route6d removal proposal
Message-ID:  <202006231444.05NEiaWV015841@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
In-Reply-To: <48b43bd5-4a20-c69c-77bb-1ed258bb8664@gmail.com>

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> \o everybody,
> 
> this is just a little sidenote from an outsider:
> Isn't below remark a good reason to remove something from base?
> 
> Like - would the bugfix have been available quicker if it had been in a
> port? Would the reporter have actually tested the fix in that case?

It would of likely got even less attention as a port,
and that would not of really effected the fact that Eugene
moved on to another solution before the bug fix was completed,
which is a common situation, people need there stuff to work,
and they usually need it to work NOW, so when they hit a bug
they find a solution, often without even submitting a bug
report.

The fact that the patch was not back ported to RELENG_4
so that Eugene could of tested it is also a factor here,
and addressing those types of issues with a tool other
than base removal is probably a more productive path
forward.

Further the fact the code has been in use for 7 major
versions since then makes use of that bug as a case for
removal rather a far reach, IMHO.

> 
> Am 22.06.20 um 22:33 schrieb Eugene Grosbein:
> > 23.06.2020 2:26, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> >>> I'm not talking about RIPv2 inherent deficiencies.
> >>> Our routed just glitches where quagga's ripd just works.
> >>
> >> And your PR# for reporting the bug is?
> > 
> > Was. https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51927
> > Never had a chance to verify if it was really fixed in HEAD because it was not for RELENG_4,
> > so I moved to ripd. As you may remeber, RELENG_5 needed much time to become ready for production.

I till use a 5.x version of FreeBSD:

FreeBSD pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net 5.4-RELEASE-p8 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p8 #1: Mon Jul  1 17:58:50 PDT 2019     root@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/PDXMXPIE  i386
 7:41AM  up 158 days,  8:16, 1 user, load averages: 0.03, 0.01, 0.00

It actually ended up with some very stable code.  5.4p8 is the
end of line for much of my early personal work as the change to
CAM broke most of that work.


-- 
Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes@freebsd.org



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