From owner-freebsd-net Fri Nov 30 12:40:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from prism.flugsvamp.com (cb58709-a.mdsn1.wi.home.com [24.17.241.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F2F137B41F for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 12:40:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by prism.flugsvamp.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) id fAUKb7487492; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 14:37:07 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jlemon) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 14:37:07 -0600 From: Jonathan Lemon To: Jordan Hubbard Cc: Alex Rousskov , Jonathan Lemon , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: funding TCP stack rewrite Message-ID: <20011130143707.E75389@prism.flugsvamp.com> References: <2047.1007150960@winston.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <2047.1007150960@winston.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 12:09:20PM -0800, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > > Will the dedicated work of the said guru get a high priority as far as > > review and commit steps are concerned? A public semi-formal commitment > > or encouragement from FreeBSD core group may be in order to raise > > support from the community. Otherwise, folks may worry that these big > > changes, once implemented, will get stuck in the commit queue forever. > > I think it's an absolutely terrible idea, frankly. [ sweeping generalizations omitted ] An open ended request of "rewrite the stack!" is certainly bound to fail. However, a carefully targeted one to add specific, well-defined features within a fixed timeline is quite feasible, depending on the the engineers involved. -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message