Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 16:13:06 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: DEVFS options have changed (was : cvs commit: src/sys/conf files options src/sys/alpha/conf GENERIC src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC NEWCARD NOTES src/sys/ia64/conf GENERIC src/sys/pc98/conf GENERIC src/sys/fs/devfs devfs_devs.c devfs_vfsops.c devfs_vnops.c) Message-ID: <20010514161306.D17428@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <16911.989822217@critter>; from phk@critter.freebsd.dk on Mon, May 14, 2001 at 08:36:57AM %2B0200 References: <20010514154541.B17428@wantadilla.lemis.com> <16911.989822217@critter>
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On Monday, 14 May 2001 at 8:36:57 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20010514154541.B17428@wantadilla.lemis.com>, Greg Lehey writes: > >>>> I don't see a HEADS UP. >>> >>> The fact that DEVFS became the GENERIC default quite some time ago >>> and the fact that our ultimate goal is to make DEVFS standard in 5.0 >>> ought to be more than than enough HEADS UP for anybody paying >>> attention. >> >> I disagree. Any change in the config options is worthy of specific >> reminder. Most people don't even read cvs logs, because they're not >> developers, but this incompatibility will bite them. > > You're welcome to your opinion. > > The amount of bitage so far does not back your statement. Of course not. Hardly anybody has built a kernel since the change. That's not an argument. >>> People not paying attention deserve what they get of course. >> >> This is not a useful attitude. > > I'm not on core anymore, I don't have to have a useful attitude :-) That also is not a valid reason. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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