From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Jun 5 16:49:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA14138 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 16:49:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au (gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au [203.17.66.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA14113 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 16:49:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: from mfg1.cim.alcatel.com.au ("port 3734"@[139.188.23.1]) by gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.1-7 #U2695) with ESMTP id <01IXWU6MX1N4001EAE@gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au> for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 6 Jun 1998 09:48:40 +1000 Received: from gsms01.alcatel.com.au by cim.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.1-10 #U2695) with ESMTP id <01IXWU6L9U34B55C9R@cim.alcatel.com.au> for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 06 Jun 1998 09:48:38 +1000 Received: (from jeremyp@localhost) by gsms01.alcatel.com.au (8.8.8/8.7.3) id JAA10962 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 06 Jun 1998 09:48:37 +1000 (EST) Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 09:48:37 +1000 (EST) From: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: Matt Behrens: Re: kernel compile problem To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <199806052348.JAA10962@gsms01.alcatel.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 05 Jun 1998 06:42:00 -0500, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > That brings us back to the question of "Why?". Should the 2.2 branch >have been changed now? Perhaps this aspect should have been frozen until >we are preparing for a 2.2.7 release. I think this is backwards. These sort of changes should be made well in advance of any proposed release so that they can be adequately tested (and backed out if serious problems arise). Putting `major' changes in just before a release is almost always a bad idea. Peter -- Peter Jeremy (VK2PJ) peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au Alcatel Australia Limited 41 Mandible St Phone: +61 2 9690 5019 ALEXANDRIA NSW 2015 Fax: +61 2 9690 5247 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message