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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=
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decide what works for him or not and use it then with the same spirit. It i=
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oustanding that you are responsible and well organized with your work  but=
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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













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