Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 23:44:40 -0500 From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can TCP changes be put in RELENG_4? Message-ID: <200112060444.fB64inc01015@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <20011205131903.A32485@ussenterprise.ufp.org> References: <200112050034.fB50Y2W35371@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> <20011205131903.A32485@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
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On Wednesday 05 December 2001 01:19 pm, 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. Well, sounds fine to me, especially if 4.5 is so close. Incidentally, I applied the patches to 4.4-RELEASE on my 'test' box and my laptop. I tried an FTP transfer between the two that previously did 500kB/sec and it is now 954kB/sec. Mucho better. -- Jim Durham To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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