Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 14:53:54 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@googlemail.com> To: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com> Subject: Re: regarding kern/148655 fix for 8.1 Message-ID: <20101103145354.0cbd8ae0@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <20101103105838.GA70884@icarus.home.lan> References: <AANLkTi=OTQLPgoGb=j7KxkLnLtAzHqx6wZW63KZQJuX=@mail.gmail.com> <20101103105838.GA70884@icarus.home.lan>
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On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 03:58:38 -0700 Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 12:07:17PM +0200, Dan Naumov wrote: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=148655 > > > > When is the fix getting backported from -STABLE to 8.1 as an errata > > fix? A lot of people cannot and will not update to 8.1 before this is > > fixed and no, "just track -STABLE" is not a valid answer. > > I'm not sure how much traction you'll get with that statement, but for > what it's worth, I agree. The severity of the situation in the PR is > extremely high, and the repercussions if experienced are bad. This *is* > something that should be backported to the RELENG_8_1 branch. > Considering that 8.2 is a ways off I also tend to agree. But that sort of in-your-face demand for action won't make any friends among the committers, you can bet on that. -- Gary Jennejohn
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