Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 00:34:06 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, jhb@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: John Balwdin's proc-locking patch Message-ID: <20020219083406.B351E3A9A@overcee.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20020219070428.GF12136@elvis.mu.org>
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Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> [020218 22:27] wrote: > > > It is totally unecessary to accumulate so many easily-made-incremental > > changes off-tree and, in fact, I believe it to be detrimental to the > > project. It locks up large areas of code for long periods of time > > and creates both a synchronization hassle (even with P4) and a > > debugging nightmare when finally committed due to the sheer number > > of changes involved. > [snip] > > > > That is my position. > > I've felt the same way for a while. Nobody is disputing that. It would have been better if John had committed it piecemeal, but it didn't work out that way. I doubt he'll fall for this trap again. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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