From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 6 09:22:23 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D251106566B for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2010 09:22:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pv0-f182.google.com (mail-pv0-f182.google.com [74.125.83.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 237978FC08 for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2010 09:22:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pvg3 with SMTP id 3so1529341pvg.13 for ; Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:22:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Sloj8D3sZ+ytULlwzqVY/OcgpR7SYO4MELZw9UQ6gik=; b=tTHAw6jrgn7XjjlKcqoLhyonebxjOnGsvmSryRCL7/nC7ghO6B1bCLlmp01Ek4S/vx OefYjfZAn3WccTMSCMYPs/6h10ghLIdelAEXU/7Y807OYrW71NOoFkBlxTnPFwas7uuD 5RThKPmHlAF8Q3ATOJ1quF00RRBUyB+mqznGc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=IYFqQbR9Cfu7K7PpD8+ntVrOrunB+/NMMIH4LjvKd8K64Hv8hmGDgmbz0nX9ou68/z ELxXcmaWEfUBeykfZr8GKTVUIte6+C+NxrOfOP56tblydKqeHsqZyiMf6s4+eYtG0WEh WBEa7VK3QRPwAtYcnTzPBW1ZeAEaiei5Nu5hY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.4.13 with SMTP id 13mr1459563wfd.65.1267867339180; Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:22:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100304191311.GE3171@lonesome.com> References: <401095.35021.qm@web59107.mail.re1.yahoo.com> <20100304191311.GE3171@lonesome.com> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 01:22:19 -0800 Message-ID: <7d6fde3d1003060122r1e49b9d0kfb0e32e21fb1f675@mail.gmail.com> From: Garrett Cooper To: Mark Linimon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, paradox Subject: Re: propose: all arch move into a separate dir X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:22:23 -0000 On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Mark Linimon wrote: > There are two chief problems with a large-scale reorg of our src tree: > > =A0- There are many companies who use FreeBSD as part of their business. > =A0 In the case of ISPs or companies who use FreeBSD as a base of their > =A0 products, this would make it much harder for them to synchronize > =A0 their local changes with the master repository as changes occur. > > =A0- We have a large number of existing Problem Reports containing patche= s > =A0 against our src tree. =A0These patches would be in the same situation= . > > These are the reasons we've avoided doing so in the past, no matter how > much 'cleaner' things might wind up being. I'm going to come off ignorant as well because I don't have the necessary history in the past attempts to reorganize this -- but would it make sense to gradually work in the changes over an extended period of time and encourage better directory structure in the short-term for new code or would it be too much of a blooming mess to consider. Probably the latter due to the inherent inconsistency with the rework, but I figured I should ask. Thanks! -Garrett