Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 09:14:00 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, dyson@iquest.net, Amancio Hasty <ahasty@mindspring.com>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, "David E. Cross" <crossd@cs.rpi.edu>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, schimken@cs.rpi.edu Subject: Re: 3.2-stable, panic #12 Message-ID: <199906040814.JAA00520@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 03 Jun 1999 17:51:39 EDT." <Pine.HPP.3.96.990603173745.2870A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
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> On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Brian Somers wrote:
>
> > The system was becoming unstable due to Matts changes. Whether the
> > instabilities were in Matts code or somewhere else is irrelevent.
> > The reaction was (IMHO) the right thing to do.
>
> I think where the problem lied is very relevent.
>
> If the problems are not his fault are you saying he should have backed
> out his changes because they exposed old faulty code? What kind of
> progress is that?
I'm not saying he should have backed out his changes, I'm saying that
they shouldn't have been made - that's why removing the commit bit
was the right move.
And just to head off the inevitable follow-up; for more trivial code,
such a hostile reaction isn't necessary. There are lots of people
around that can just fix the code, with the side-effect of giving the
coder a subtle slap on the wrist.
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@OpenBSD.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@uk.FreeBSD.org>
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