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Date:      Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:54:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>
To:        Studded <Studded@gorean.org>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, The <FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: CVS version updated
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810211949000.375-100000@picnic.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <362E657F.34F3AA87@gorean.org>

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On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Studded wrote:

> > I think the next big step past a elf kernel is moving gcc up to 2.8.1,
> > which many of us would like to see.  I think it's got a real chance in
> > the next 1-3 months.
> 
> 	I really hope you're not saying that more than one upgrade can't happen
> at the same time. 

Depends on the size of the change (how much it affects).  The larger the
change, the farther apart they must be, just so that breakage is more
obvious.  Nobody's going to make a major change within a week or two of
changing any really major tool ... or if they do, no one's going to be
very happy about the confusion it causes in bug reports.

Example, your cvs suggestion, and gcc upgrade.  They most definitely
won't be occuring simultaneously.  That doesn't mean a month apart,
either.  If there's lots of successful reports, and no reported
problems, then the committer with the 2nd change in mind is going to
feel more comfortable about making another change more quickly.

It's not an absolute rule, it's common sense.

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