From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 9 14:10:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F18410656BC for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:10:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-stable@m.gmane.org) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 391348FC1E for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:10:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OthpE-0007dH-5h for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:10:04 +0200 Received: from nuclight.avtf.net ([217.29.94.29]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:10:04 +0200 Received: from vadim_nuclight by nuclight.avtf.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:10:04 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: Vadim Goncharov Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:07:08 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Nuclear Lightning @ Tomsk, TPU AVTF Hostel Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <201009011653.o81Grkm4056064@fire.js.berklix.net> <201009080842.28495.jhb@freebsd.org> <201009081021.48077.jhb@freebsd.org> <4c88993e.MgMUYIGSfJIxECy9%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4C88AA05.5050909@icyb.net.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: nuclight.avtf.net X-Comment-To: Andriy Gapon User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (FreeBSD) Subject: Re: Policy for removing working code X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: vadim_nuclight@mail.ru List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:10:05 -0000 Hi Andriy Gapon! On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:33:57 +0300; Andriy Gapon wrote about 'Re: Policy for removing working code': >> Good, perhaps even "necessary", but is it "sufficient"? Those >> following a -STABLE branch are expected to read stable@, but >> what about those who are following a security branch? > People, who care, are expected to read current@ and stable@ even if they use > only releases and security branches. At the very least, to see what's cooking > up for them and what to expect. Hey, by whom expected? They are NOT expected to do this! Can you quote some official docs or statements for this? > P.S. I am surprised that this thread isn't over yet and is being kept alive by > people who do not seem to use the feature in question or offer any work on it. > While people, who really need it, have already found a way forward for themselves. Because this thread is not about this feature but about policy which will slowly bring FreeBSD project to troubles if nothing will be changed. -- WBR, Vadim Goncharov. ICQ#166852181 mailto:vadim_nuclight@mail.ru [Moderator of RU.ANTI-ECOLOGY][FreeBSD][http://antigreen.org][LJ:/nuclight]