From owner-cvs-all Mon Mar 12 4:30:45 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.86.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CA4D37B719; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 04:30:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2CCTdV52261; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 13:29:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Luigi Rizzo Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai , Josef Karthauser , Ian Dowse , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The Project and onward [was: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_output.c] In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Mar 2001 13:26:27 +0100." <200103121226.NAA89585@info.iet.unipi.it> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 13:29:39 +0100 Message-ID: <52259.984400179@critter> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <200103121226.NAA89585@info.iet.unipi.it>, Luigi Rizzo writes: >> For instance, anybody with just a moderately senior kernel hacker >> were able to predict that diffs between 4.x and 5.x would be a >> total wreck for most people. >> >> I think the mistake was to try to do "the normal -current/-stable >> thing" despite the fact that we knew it would break down. > >unfortunately the above contrasts with the Rules (committer's >guidelines) and it is perfectly understandable that new committers Which again brings us back to the need for a project decision process which is faster than geology :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message