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From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/etc/mtree BSD.var.d
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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.

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