Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 13:56:39 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -CURRENT is bad for me... Message-ID: <200102122156.f1CLudm01554@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Feb 2001 14:50:32 MST." <200102122150.f1CLoWW31812@harmony.village.org>
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> Then wouldn't the "partially applied patch" rule apply? eg, back it
> out until the issues can be resolved. Breaking the upgrade path isn't
> acceptible.
I have to "me too" this; the change simply isn't OK. There are a variety
of ways that we can work around the issue and maintain binary
compatibility, whilst still moving towards something that is immune to
this breakage in future.
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... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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