From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 11 08:55:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA02415 for current-outgoing; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 08:55:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from obiwan.creative.net.au (obiwan.creative.net.au [203.56.168.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA02397 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 08:55:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from adrian@obiwan.creative.net.au) Received: from localhost (adrian@localhost) by obiwan.creative.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA02001; Thu, 12 Feb 1998 00:55:15 +0800 (WST) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 00:55:15 +0800 (WST) From: Adrian Chadd To: Jonathan Lemon cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hollywood (Re: PATCH.M ) In-Reply-To: <19980211101825.53750@right.PCS> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Jonathan Lemon wrote: > On Feb 02, 1998 at 11:39:17PM +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > But its tried. If she no work, then they back the change out. Its worked > > for them.. you try the ideas out. If it doesn't work in -current, you back > > it out. Or fix it until it does. Then you bring it into -release. Or have > > I like missed something totally about how its meant to work? > > I think so. From my understanding, -current isn't intended to be a dumping > ground for new features, it's more like a final shakedown where the bugs > can get ironed out. If you have a new feature, (like the CAM work, timing > wheel changes, or SMP ability) then these should be hammered out in the > developer's own release branch until they are stable. Then, after others > have had a chance to test them out as well, they are brought into -current. I assume Terry wouldn't be putting forward patches that didn't work. And hadn't been throughly tested. > > Of course, at this point, several things may break, since the developer may > not have been able to test all the various kernel permutations on their > machine. But usually, the fundamental code is fairly stable, and it it just > a matter of squashing some last bugs, not making major changes to the code. If I mention VM code would someone kill me? :-) (Not taking a personal attack at anyone here, so please don't read it as such.. :) Its not like stuff has been changed in -current before that hasn't horrendously broken things in a big way and take ages to fix. > > > > Error: end tag detected with no corresponding opening tag. :-) Damn. And I deleted the top while editing the email. Thanks for reminding me. :) Now, I wonder whats going to happen in the 8 hours I'll be sleeping.. :) Adrian -- Adrian Chadd | "I used to be thin, handsome and smart. | Then I discovered UNIX." | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe current" in the body of the message