Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 17:56:16 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@gorean.org> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> Cc: The <FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: CVS version updated Message-ID: <362E82B0.7835CE6F@gorean.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810211949000.375-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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Chuck Robey wrote:
>
> 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).
I realize that you don't know who I am or what I do for a living, so I
will just say that I was speaking tongue in cheek, but I'm sure that the
full explanation of the upgrade procedure is useful. :)
> 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.
So the recent merge-a-thon in -current was a bad idea? Ok, I'll make a
note. :)
Thanks,
Doug
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