From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 20 20:20:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA21835 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 20:20:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA21826 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 20:20:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA09121; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 23:20:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199802210420.XAA09121@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: More breakage in -current as a result of header frobbing. In-Reply-To: <19980221143803.31160@freebie.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Feb 21, 98 02:38:03 pm" To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 23:20:00 -0500 (EST) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, jb@cimlogic.com.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greg Lehey said: > > What I'm suggesting (finally!) is: > > Let's accept the fact that -CURRENT's stability fluctuates and try > to influence the rhythm. One possiblity might be to say: > > - The first weekend in each month is the correct time for commiting > big modifications that can potentially compromise stability for a > while to come. > > - Any Sunday is the correct time for commiting smaller modifications > that can potentially compromise stability for a few days. > > The advantage is that people can expect -CURRENT to be relatively > stable on a Friday, and particularly stable at the end of a month. > This is only a suggested implementation. I don't know how > inconvenient it might be. Another alternative is the "heads up" > approach--after a period of relative stability, somebody could say > "I'm going to commit some changes to the frobulator which > potentially impact stability. I'll do it tomorrow night unless I'm > shouted down". > > Clearly this needs discussion. Go for it. > I am not sure that I totally agree with *exactly* what you have said, but a certain "rhythm" would be a good idea. Sometimes when I commit changes, I am VERY concerned that I'll screw someone up. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message