From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 2 10:37:28 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id KAA13009 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 2 Feb 1995 10:37:28 -0800 Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id KAA13002 for ; Thu, 2 Feb 1995 10:37:26 -0800 Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; id AA21648; Thu, 2 Feb 1995 13:36:49 -0500 Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 13:36:49 -0500 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9502021836.AA21648@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Cc: Garrett Wollman , hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sup: Ok, I'm gonna do it. In-Reply-To: References: Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk <> While I'm at it, I should speak up on behalf of keeping sup access to >> the source tree as is. None of my machines have enough disk space to >> keep two complete copies of the sources to everything... > As Terry points out, the same thing can be accomplished by the appropriate > use of cvs controls. I SAID, I DON't HAVE ENOUGH DISK SPACE TO KEEP TWO COMPLETE COPIES OF THE SOURCES TO EVERYTHING! > I think that the point is that there is not presently any mechanism to > obtain a post-release source that can be compiled. There are far too many > bug-fix changes happening to consider "Release only" adequate. I disagree. I don't want to see us getting bogged down in the software maintenance business. If there's really a demand for it, then someone should be able to make a business of pulling over selected bug-fixes for previous releases. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant