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Subject: Re: Staying *really stable* in FreeBSD 
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 23:09:10 -0400
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> >>>>> "Valentin" == Valentin Nechayev <netch@iv.nn.kiev.ua> writes:
> It is not a matter of knowing it needs changing, it is a matter of
> changing it.  Any time a procedure and be automated, it should be.  It
> should be one's choice whether or not to use the automation, however.
> That's why I suggest a new tag rather than redefining an existing
> one.
        .
        .
        .
> Given these two lists, Occam's razor would, I think, select the zero
> length list as the simpler one.

This assumes you can safely suddenly change releases with no real human
intervention (such as running mergemaster).   Bad idea.


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