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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: CFV: adding phk_malloc to -stable
To: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo)
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 15:07:55 -0700 (MST)
Cc: rkw@dataplex.net, stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
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> A more sensible position would be to ask those who use phkmalloc to
> report any brokennes evidenced by the new routine.

People with existing systems that may be broken by it have no
incentive to update unles they are already having problems.

,----.
|    |   X
`----+-------.
     |       |
  X  |       |
     |       |
     `-------'

Testing simply will not be done for the areas marked 'X'.  8-(.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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