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Date:      Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:38:36 +0100 (BST)
From:      Joshua Goodall <joshua@roughtrade.net>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
Cc:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>, <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:  <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108291331570.7576-100000@elm.phenome.org>
In-Reply-To: <200108291125.f7TBPLf74224@hak.lan.Awfulhak.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.

With my admin hat on, I expect MFC'd new features, not just bugfixes and
security patches in -stable.

J



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