From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 19 14:47:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F139E37B401 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:47:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net (gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A715D43E4A for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:47:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from pool0351.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.193.96] helo=mindspring.com) by gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18EH9C-0004c5-00; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:47:11 -0800 Message-ID: <3DDABF20.153D8373@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:45:52 -0800 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brooks Davis Cc: Julian Elischer , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [brooks@one-eyed-alien.net: [PATCH] switching to if_xname] References: <20021119125107.A16432@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <20021119131758.C16432@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Brooks Davis wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 01:06:28PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > > why is this ent to hackers? it's a -current patch.. > > should it not be sent to -current or -net? > > I initialy asked for review on -net, but didn't get any response. I > sort of randomly chose as the place to try for wider review. IMO, it's > not really a -current issue since other then the ports breakage and > third-party network driver issues, most people won't notice a thing. I believe the patches improve the current situation for people who care, and leave things unchanged for people who don't, so I think it's not a problem. Correct me if I've misunderstood something. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message