Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 12:07:40 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu, julian@whistle.com, bde@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bruce vandalism again Message-ID: <19971221120740.65234@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199712210051.LAA01562@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Sun, Dec 21, 1997 at 11:21:46AM %2B1030 References: <199712201826.KAA19822@bubba.whistle.com> <199712210051.LAA01562@word.smith.net.au>
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On Sun, Dec 21, 1997 at 11:21:46AM +1030, Mike Smith wrote: >> 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. This doesn't have to happen all at once. Somebody mentioned "a file at a time", which I think is reasonable. >> Would it get committed? > > I suspect that you would be facing some fairly concerted opposition > from people that don't like change. What, opposition? In this forum? Greg
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