From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 13 21:20:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F11E016A4CE for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 21:20:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pit.databus.com (p70-227.acedsl.com [66.114.70.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EE8743D2F for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 21:20:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from barney@pit.databus.com) Received: from pit.databus.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pit.databus.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6DLKup9082379; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:20:56 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from barney@pit.databus.com) Received: (from barney@localhost) by pit.databus.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i6DLKuMT082378; Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:20:56 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from barney) Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:20:56 -0400 From: Barney Wolff To: Poul-Henning Kamp Message-ID: <20040713212056.GA82311@pit.databus.com> References: <25787.1089753241@critter.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <25787.1089753241@critter.freebsd.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.43 cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSUP and 5.2.1 RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 21:20:59 -0000 On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 11:14:01PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > I have been involved in FreeBSD since we created the ncvs repository > ten years and two months ago and barring minor mistakes here and > there "make world" has performed the correct sequence of operations > since then. Could you please enlighten the rest of us as to when the sequence of operations performed by "make world" is a useful thing to do? The only case I can imagine is that of a developer who has changed a .h file that is widely used by userland but not by the kernel, and I find it hard to imagine that happens often enough to weigh against the continual damage to new users from this deceptively inviting target. -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.