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Date:      Thu, 9 Sep 2010 04:18:52 -0500
From:      Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>
To:        perryh@pluto.rain.com
Cc:        vadim_nuclight@mail.ru, stable@freebsd.org, jhb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Policy for removing working code
Message-ID:  <AANLkTinYyn6G0UdJAeppyhVZXrFN-AOw3qLH6CpZ%2BXoy@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4c88993e.MgMUYIGSfJIxECy9%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
References:  <201009011653.o81Grkm4056064@fire.js.berklix.net> <201009080842.28495.jhb@freebsd.org> <slrni8f5pi.2k1s.vadim_nuclight@kernblitz.nuclight.avtf.net> <201009081021.48077.jhb@freebsd.org> <4c88993e.MgMUYIGSfJIxECy9%perryh@pluto.rain.com>

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On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 3:22 AM,  <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote:
> John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> We can't e-mail announce@ every time something is going to
>> be removed. =A0That would be way too much spam for that list.
>
> That may depend on how often something substantial is removed :)
>
>> I do think stable@ is a good place to e-mail ...
>
> Good, perhaps even "necessary", but is it "sufficient"? =A0Those
> following a -STABLE branch are expected to read stable@, but
> what about those who are following a security branch?
>

If someone is following a RELENG_X (a.k.a -STABLE) or a RELENG_X_Y (a
errata fix branch), then they should be reading the stable@ list.

Scot



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