From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 20 16:57:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA26778 for current-outgoing; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 16:57:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp10.portal.net.au [202.12.71.110]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA26759; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 16:57:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA01562; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 11:21:46 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199712210051.LAA01562@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Archie Cobbs cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu, julian@whistle.com, bde@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bruce vandalism again In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 20 Dec 1997 10:26:30 -0800." <199712201826.KAA19822@bubba.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 11:21:46 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > OK, so here's a thought experiment: > > Suppose somebody suddenly showed up with a giant patch file that: > > (a) Got rid of all uses of __P() in the kernel (ie, unwrapped them > so that all function declarations used ANSI protptypes) This wouldn't be much worse than the $Id$->$FreeBSD$->$Id$ change. I think we could survive it OK. > (b) Changed every function definition to use ANSI prototypes as well This would be on the order of the trailing whitespace changes; you'd want a committer that was prepared to die for the cause. > Would it get committed? I suspect that you would be facing some fairly concerted opposition from people that don't like change. There's certainly plenty of popular support for it though. mike