Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:18:26 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: brian@freebsd-services.com, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp>, "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>, Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>, Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/etc/mtree BSD.var.d Message-ID: <XFMail.010823151826.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200108232146.f7NLk1g88405@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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On 23-Aug-01 Brian Somers wrote: >> Clearly it's not going to be easy to set the defaults to use bind:bind >> without breaking some configurations. However, this is something that >> _should_ be done. > > This (damage) has already been done in -current. I am saying that doing > this in -stable -- breaking peoples existing configurations -- is an > exercise that will make the FreeBSD project look like idiots, and I > won't subscribe to that idea. > > Why are people so eager to shove these changes down the throats of > the unsuspecting masses running -stable ? Is everyone trying to > scare away our user base ? This is the core of the problem. You can change things like this in -current fine. People expect changes when jumping branches. However, 4.x is rather established at this point, so breaking things in 4.x is something to be avoided. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.Baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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