Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 19:19:46 -0300 From: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: new ath hal (take 2) Message-ID: <200605091919.46565.joao@matik.com.br> In-Reply-To: <445F684A.1080501@errno.com> References: <445D3C94.10102@errno.com> <200605080845.18125.joao@matik.com.br> <445F684A.1080501@errno.com>
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On Monday 08 May 2006 12:48, Sam Leffler wrote: > If I had intended stable users to try this code I would have: > > 1. posted to stable@ > 2. provided specific changes for those users (e.g. a patch) > > You will note my initial post about a new hal was done to both mailing > lists. I did not post this hal to stable because I did not want to deal > with people complaining that things did not work because they had > problems back-patching the necessary changes. I included info in my > original post for those folks running current that were going to do it > anyway so they could save some time. > > I replied to your post because all it did was set people up for failures > that would result in mail to me that I don't have time to handle. Then > those people would either get frustrated by not getting an answer or > think there was some problem that wasn't being fixed. > > I treat the stable src tree VERY carefully. I do not inflict pain on > users running stable. I do not arbitrarily commit changes that require > people to manually alter their system or otherwise deal with binary > incompatibilities. I treat stable as a production code base and only > apply changes that are considered well-tested and appropriate to run in > a production environment. > got your point but this is free software and anybody can contribute as well as anybody may= =20 decide what works for him or not and use it then with the same spirit. It i= s=20 oustanding that you are responsible and well organized with your work but= =20 this should not cut others freedom to mix it up for themselfs. Good talk, let's move on and may be you find some time to help me finding o= ut=20 why this damned ath cards sometimes stop rx/tx under load.=20 Jo=E3o A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.br
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