From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat May 23 12:07:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA05354 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Sat, 23 May 1998 12:07:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA05324 for ; Sat, 23 May 1998 12:07:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA17791; Sat, 23 May 1998 21:05:54 +0200 (CEST) To: Studded cc: ac199@hwcn.org, Ruslan Ermilov , Niall Smart , nick@foobar.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem reports closed by Poul-Henning Kamp [was: Re: misc/6712] In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 23 May 1998 12:00:36 PDT." <35671CD4.7DA01D1@san.rr.com> Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 21:05:54 +0200 Message-ID: <17789.895950354@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <35671CD4.7DA01D1@san.rr.com>, Studded writes: >> On Sat, 23 May 1998, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: >> >> > A number of my PRs with patches made against RELENG_2_2 were >> > committed into -current only, and these PRs were then closed. >> > I think the commentary is more along the lines of there being a problem >with a PR being closed at all just because it's fixed in -Current. I >have suggested that there be a new state for PR's that have been fixed >in -Current and awaiting a commit to -Stable. Only if a crew of dedicated committers, commit themselves to keeping this new state empty on a continuing basis does this proposal have any merit. Any proposal containing the concept of ``then >somebody< should'' will not fly unless >somebody< steps forward and does the work, (NB: "does the work" not "says he'll do the work" !) -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message