Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 01:03:21 -0400 From: "Kevin P. Neal" <kpneal@pobox.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Large scale code integrations (Was: Re: C2 Trusted FreeBSD?) Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19971014050321.006e0640@mindspring.com>
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At 11:06 PM 10/13/97 -0500, Chris Csanady wrote: > >>> code ought to be moved to a stacking layer, as well. Unfortunately, the >>> FS framework has problems right now, and it's not terribly clear if they >>> will ever be solved without someone on the core team doing the actual >>> work, since the changes required are so large that only a core team member >>> could do them in the face of the fear that much change generates. >> >>yes the changes would be large, and of course would require core team >>coordination. > >Terry has actually done much of the work to get our FS framework into shape, >it just has not been integrated because of its size and impact. I think Jordan >was going to try to help get things started on this a while ago, but I don't >remember exactly. I for one would really love to see a working stackable FS >framework. Also the locking changes for NFS, etc.. > >I don't know if this sort of thing is typical for large changes in general, but >it does worry me when contemplating them. There just seem to be things which >can not really be broken up, yet still need doing. :\ What is the proper way >to go about these, and still have something that can be integrated? A branch for the changes to go on, and move them over when they are fully baked? Oh joy, more branches. :/ -- XCOMM Kevin P. Neal, Junior, Comp. Sci. - House of Retrocomputing XCOMM mailto:kpneal@pobox.com - http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/ XCOMM kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu Spoken by Keir Finlow-Bates: XCOMM "Good grief, I've just noticed I've typed in a rant. Sorry chaps!"
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