From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Aug 6 7:30:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7392437B400 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 07:30:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A65E43E6A for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 07:30:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from davep@meduseld.net) Received: from baloo.meduseld.net ([66.30.120.53]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020806143013.HDBN19356.rwcrmhc51.attbi.com@baloo.meduseld.net> for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 14:30:13 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by baloo.meduseld.net (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g76EUISN007822 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 10:30:18 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from davep@meduseld.net) Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 10:30:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20020806.103017.607958984.davep@meduseld.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Small request for updating From: "David A. Panariti" X-Attribution: davep X-Mailer: Mew version 2.2 on XEmacs 21.4.8 (Honest Recruiter) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG (Sorry about the empty message, shaky fingers on a small laptop keyboard) This is really a request for the security branch (RELENG_X_y). Would it be too much to ask that the updaters of UPDATING add a small comment as to whether or not a mergemaster run is needed if updating from the previous patch? I follow stable and the security lists, but being fallible I may miss something. Mergemaster is *the* most time consuming step from my perspective since it is interactive. If the committers knew whether or not file(s) changed such that a mergemaster was needed, that little bit of info would be a huge time saver. If this would be too much trouble, then never mind. thanks, davep -- "A witty saying proves nothing." -- Voltaire To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message