From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 1 14:45:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B7991065670; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 14:45:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (cl-162.ewr-01.us.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:4830:1200:a1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 100578FC1D; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 14:45:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m61Ek5je020964; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:46:05 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: (from brooks@localhost) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m61Ek4qh020963; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:46:04 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:46:04 -0500 From: Brooks Davis To: Jens Rehsack Message-ID: <20080701144604.GB7398@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <4869E272.1060606@web.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4869E272.1060606@web.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (lor.one-eyed-alien.net [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:46:05 -0500 (CDT) Cc: FreeBSD-Current-List Subject: Re: Updating src/contrib/binutils X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:45:37 -0000 --R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 07:53:22AM +0000, Jens Rehsack wrote: > Hi David, >=20 > because you are the maintainer of src/contrib/binutils, I first want to a= sk=20 > you before I start to update src/contrib/binutils. I've read the README's= =20 > you've placed there, but 2 questions remain: >=20 > 1) How can I create a patch using a cvs-checkout when I do not have > write permissions to the repository? This is no request for a commit > bit (to much accountability), more a technical request. > Do I need to use cvsup from ports to get a copy of the cvs server > and checkout against my local copy? > 2) Is it ok to do it on a FreeBSD7-Stable, as long no change between > the RELENG7 branch and the HEAD prevents merge? Or is it mandatory > to test it with -CURRENT? > I ask, because -CURRENT maybe unstable by definition, and I don't > want to search for errors in my work come in by experimental code. > I have no problem, when a first patch exists, to test it on -CURRENT, > but it should be the 2nd step (for me). There is very little chance anything but a well targeted bugfix would get merged to a stable branch and there is zero chance that GPLv3 code will be merged to an existing, GPLv3-free stable branch. As such, any work on RELENG_7 is likely a waste of time. -- Brooks --R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFIakMsXY6L6fI4GtQRAoE+AKCeVS6wu25DVLzvc8K08cMcIvMQIQCfacha fwCzGty6HGuXBg0+M7De58o= =lS+F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk--