Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:24:14 -0600 From: D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tangent for discussion: FreeBSD performs worse that Linux Message-ID: <20011210152414.A1367@sheol.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20011210080032.A4215@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>; from nik@freebsd.org on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 08:00:32AM %2B0000 References: <20011209100855.A22942@sheol.localdomain> <20011209084620.V14858-100000@coredump.scriptkiddie.org> <20011209111523.A23357@sheol.localdomain> <20011209175137.B13554@clan.nothing-going-on.org> <20011209121703.A23726@sheol.localdomain> <20011210080032.A4215@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>
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On Dec 10, at 08:00 AM, Nik Clayton wrote:
>
> On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 12:17:03PM -0600, D J Hawkey Jr wrote:
> > Seems to me that were I to do this, and I would, it would only be as viable
> > as the patches themselves. That is, I (and any contributors) would have to
> > be able to stay abreast of those things going on in -STABLE that could get
> > backported to previous releases ("could" being a significant word here).
>
> Well, yeah. That's pretty much a pre-requisite.
>
> Doesn't mean that you need 100% coverage though. If you produce
> something that only gets in 80% of the patches that could be applied
> back that's still better than what we have now. And it makes it easier
> for someone else to help out with the missing 20%.
Huh? You completely list me with this. Are you trying to say that some
feature of a patch that applies to just the last three of four prior
releases is OK, 'cuz right now none are (except for security fixes to
RELENG_(current - 1))?
> > So far, I've made three patchfiles that can be applied to 4.2REL and 4.3REL.
> > Not exactly the repertoire one would need to garner interest and momentum.
>
> It's a start. What's the URL?
You're kidding, right? I only started thinking about doing this yesterday!
The patches are sitting right here, in $(HOME)/projects.
> N
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