Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 11:03:06 -0600 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: "Andrew V. Stesin" <stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What I'd like to see brought to -stable Message-ID: <v02140b01ad36922f78d7@[199.183.109.242]>
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"Andrew V. Stesin" <stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua> writes: ># > 2. "phk malloc" by Paul Henning Kampf. It's one of the best performance ># ># Have all the wailing applications been cleaned up? Last I heard, ># there was still some userland stuff complaining about malloc ># conditions. I'd kinda like to see all of those found and fixed before ># declaring this malloc ready for -stable. > > I think that it will be wise to add it to -stable-SNAP > and all occurences of weird apps will be found in a week by > the happy -stable users, me among them. ;-) IMHO, including it at this time would create some VERY UNHAPPY -stable users. If we even suspect that there is a problem, we MUST check it out in -current first. > And better have fixed apps for 2.1.5 (or will it be 2.1-Gold?) > than silently broken ones? That's my arguments. Why should it skip to 2.1.5? 2.1.1 is a very nice number. ># > 4. A new groff (1.10). It's way nice to have direct LaserJet printing! ># ># Hmmm. > > Gm. Yes, it's probably too specific for me. I already > dropped groff stolen from -current to /usr/src and reinstalled it; > just Ok, so please forget this. Everyone who wants it > will go this way, too. This is just what YOU should do to test things out. Start with -stable and then add the thing you wish to test from -current. If it works well, it can become a candidate for inclusion in -stable. ---- Richard Wackerbarth rkw@dataplex.net
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