Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 22:38:40 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <jruigrok@via-net-works.nl> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Merges in to STABLE branches Message-ID: <39E159E0.B15E7AE1@gorean.org> References: <20001008134028.C69484@lucifer.bart.nl> <39E148B1.A19A6FFE@gorean.org> <20001009073256.A79356@lucifer.bart.nl>
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Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote:
>
> -On [20001009 06:30], Doug Barton (DougB@gorean.org) wrote:
> > Out of curiosity, what specifically were you planning to commit to 2.2?
> >Unless it's something that is a very high security risk it may be better
> >to avoid disrupting this branch. In particular you want to be very
> >careful about disrupting the ability to upgrade to 3.x from
> >2.2.8-Stable.
>
> Nothing fancy, just security gixes I guess.
>
> Erhm, while I may make a mistake every now and then, I do test my
> changes as much as possible.
I am in no way impugning your ability.
> And I have no intention to mess with the
> upgrade path at all.
The problem is that in the past small, seemingly unrelated changes have
damaged the ability to upgrade. I think my point is that the potential
for problems is greater than any possible benefit.
Doug
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