From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Nov 23 21:04:56 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA04001 for stable-outgoing; Sun, 23 Nov 1997 21:04:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA03973 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 1997 21:04:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA19107; Sun, 23 Nov 1997 22:04:07 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id WAA22051; Sun, 23 Nov 1997 22:04:04 -0700 Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 22:04:04 -0700 Message-Id: <199711240504.WAA22051@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Brian Somers Cc: Richard Wackerbarth , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Version Resolution? In-Reply-To: <199711240216.CAA28304@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> References: <199711240216.CAA28304@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brian Somers writes: > [.....] > > I argue that we should install the code as things are and, based on > > actual experience, see what changes are needed. Once the scheme is > > stable, the automation can be added as an enhancement. > > I'd tend to agree. If something better comes up, it can be flogged > to death too ;-I As we have already seen, installing code that isn't 'quite finished' is a nightmare waiting to happen, and I will vehemently oppose half-baked solutions. Nate