From owner-cvs-all Tue Dec 5 16: 3:42 2000 From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 16:03:39 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mobile.wemm.org (adsl-64-163-195-99.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.163.195.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7DA637B400; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 16:03:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mobile.wemm.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB603cJ26865; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 16:03:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Message-Id: <200012060003.eB603cJ26865@mobile.wemm.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 To: obrien@FreeBSD.org Cc: John Baldwin , cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Alfred Perlstein Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm phys_pager.c In-Reply-To: <20001205153707.C55259@dragon.nuxi.com> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 16:03:38 -0800 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "David O'Brien" wrote: > On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 03:22:15PM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > > An excerpt from the Committer's Guide, Rule 5: > > > > "...unless the -STABLE fix is critical, time sensitive or so obvious as > > to make further testing unnecessary (spelling fixes to manpages, > > obvious bug/typo fixes, etc.)" > > > > If you had looked at a) the patch, and b) the thread on -hackers, you > > would have seen that this is an obvious bug/typo, and for people who > > Take liberties with "obvious bug/typo" will only lead to peril. This is not a liberty. It is an obvious fix and a killer bug if left alone. > > I'll also note the very end of rule 5: > > "In other words, apply common sense." > > I am. Well, common sense suggests to me that it is perfectly OK to fix it. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message