From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 5 05:15:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA6001065677; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 05:15:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from mail.netconsonance.com (mail.netconsonance.com [198.207.204.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B7F98FC17; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 05:15:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from [172.16.12.8] (covad-jrhett.meer.net [209.157.140.144]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.netconsonance.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m555Fa26079340; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 22:15:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at netconsonance.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -3.705 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.705 tagged_above=-999 required=3.5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.44, AWL=-2.265] From: Jo Rhett To: Steven Hartland In-Reply-To: <7B8FD1A1E7DA49DFA68252BF9C74AE6F@multiplay.co.uk> X-Priority: 3 References: <9B7FE91B-9C2E-4732-866C-930AC6022A40@netconsonance.com><4846D849.2090005@FreeBSD.org> <20080604204325.GD4701@lava.net><20080604234532.GA89656@k7.mavetju> <458FE12C-AE4D-48F9-8193-4663079CEEF8@netconsonance.com> <84EBEA5D3A1F47E79E8E12C4CF4D0314@multiplay.co.uk> <7B8FD1A1E7DA49DFA68252BF9C74AE6F@multiplay.co.uk> Message-Id: <1A050712-3D0F-4263-A9F8-EE4AD042486E@netconsonance.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 22:15:35 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) Cc: Edwin Groothuis , Doug Barton , FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:15:41 -0000 On Jun 4, 2008, at 5:30 PM, Steven Hartland wrote: > That's unfortunate. One thing you might want to check is are there > any changes in those areas between 6.2 and 6.3 e.g. if its a bug > with a specific driver but said driver has had no commits or > not commits in the specific area then it may be fairly safe to > conclude said bug also exists in 6.2 and if you haven't seen it > there your unlikely to experience it in 6.3. The bugs in question are *not* replicable in 6.2, and each of the bug reports has said so. This is the major point of concern for us. What happened between 6.2 and 6.3 to break so many drivers? -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness