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Date:      Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:13:09 +0200
From:      Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>, Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r231814 - in head/sys: kern sys
Message-ID:  <4F3CC8A5.3030107@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4F3CC5C4.7020501@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201202160511.q1G5BZNk099785@svn.freebsd.org> <20120216181210.K1423@besplex.bde.org> <4F3CC40D.4000307@freebsd.org> <4F3CC5C4.7020501@FreeBSD.org>

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on 16/02/2012 11:00 Andriy Gapon said the following:
> on 16/02/2012 10:53 Julian Elischer said the following:
>> Bruce, this is a good example of a legitimate gripe going un-noticed because
>> you didn't shout loud enough at the right time, at the right people.
>> It's been about 20 years since we started working on this but I've finally
>> come to the point of saying that we need you to do more when you see problems.
>> object officially if you think things should be backed out!
>>
>> your reasons here seem sound, so it's hard to see why you haven't been more
>> public about it.
> 
> Just for the record: Bruce and I voiced opinions against the commit when it went
> in after a rather short notice for such an important thing.  The opinions
> can be found in the archives of these lists.

To be more precise: s/opinions against/concerns about behavior in the edge cases/.

For me personally the immediate benefits in the common situations outweighed the
problems in the edge cases, although I still believe that we can get the former
without sacrifices in the latter.
-- 
Andriy Gapon



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