From owner-freebsd-current Fri Oct 4 16:12:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA09437B401 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:12:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [66.92.160.223]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C64CC43E3B for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:12:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [66.92.160.223]) by sasami.jurai.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g94NCMVu026834; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 19:12:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 19:12:22 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: Terry Lambert Cc: current Subject: Re: [ GEOM tests ] disklabel warnings and vinum drives lost In-Reply-To: <3D9E0DD8.1C9526DE@mindspring.com> Message-ID: <20021004190956.H30311-100000@sasami.jurai.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > I think the major problem with the Vinum code is that it isn't > very readable in an 80 column editor window with 8 column tabs, > but that's pretty much the worst you can say about it, other than > the code has not been maintained by the people changing subsystems > out from under it. This changing APIs out from under WORKING subsystems is something I'd like to have a ruling on -CORE from. Calling it "bit-rot" is how people have gotten away with stuff like that in the past but it really has to stop. If your new super nifty kernel code is so wonderful then you can take the time to not break existing code and to update it properly to your new API. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | For Great Justice! | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message