Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 13:36:49 -0500 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sup: Ok, I'm gonna do it. Message-ID: <9502021836.AA21648@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <v02110100ab56b900cd00@[199.183.109.242]> References: <v02110100ab56b900cd00@[199.183.109.242]>
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<<On Thu, 2 Feb 1995 10:37:30 -0600, rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) said: >> 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
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