Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 15:12:29 -0800 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can TCP changes be put in RELENG_4? Message-ID: <20011205151229.H3061@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <20011205131903.A32485@ussenterprise.ufp.org>; from bicknell@ufp.org on Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 01:19:03PM -0500 References: <200112050034.fB50Y2W35371@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> <20011205131903.A32485@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 01:19:03PM -0500, Leo Bicknell wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 11:48:52AM -0500, Jim Durham wrote:
> > I know that only security fixes are supposed to go in RELENG_4, but
> > the recent changes in the TCP stuff seem important enough that
> > perhaps they could be put in RELENG_4 for those of us who run
> > productions servers on -RELEASE ?
>
> After reading the replies a bit, I'm going to suggest some middle
> ground.
>
> I think the changes should sit in stable for "a while", and while
> they are there we should make notes of it in a few different places
> and have people beat up on the changes with various tests.
>
> I think this is very good stuff, and that most of the people
> tracking RELENG4_4 would want it, but only if it is 210% fully
> tested and helps out 99.999% of all people. So let's verify
> both of those and then revisit the issue.
4.5-RELEASE is only a month and a half away. By the time this "while"
passes, we'll be there. If people have lived this long with the bugs,
they can last until late January.
--
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