Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:47:16 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Joshua Goodall <joshua@roughtrade.net> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, brian@freebsd-services.com, brian@freebsd-services.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/etc/mtree BSD.var.dist src/etc/namedb named.conf Message-ID: <200108291247.f7TClGf75486@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Joshua Goodall <joshua@roughtrade.net> of "Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:38:36 BST." <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108291331570.7576-100000@elm.phenome.org>
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> On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Brian Somers wrote:
>
> > A not-updated configuration file should never become invalid after a
> > -stable update, not unless there are exceptional circumstances and
> > it's documented in UPDATING.
>
> ... and the requirement for mergemaster support, to update those
> configuration files & file structures.
>
> Any admin who updates -stable without mergemaster should be skinned alive
> and has probably already been burnt on more than one occasion. If we
> didn't have that facility, we'd have a lot more legacy configuration
> baggage to carry around, and -stable would become -stagnant.
The point is that /usr/src/etc/defaults/rc.conf *will* be blindly
installed on top of /etc/defaults/rc.conf. People's configuration
*will* break because of this. An UPDATING entry *is* required to
let people know.
I don't believe this is acceptable in -stable.
> With my admin hat on, I expect MFC'd new features, not just bugfixes and
> security patches in -stable.
We have differing opinions.
> J
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