Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 3 Nov 2010 16:48:44 +0200
From:      Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com>
To:        gljennjohn@googlemail.com
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: regarding kern/148655 fix for 8.1
Message-ID:  <AANLkTikuRtQEdWXME1U-uFfhockrH=cq6_tSCGxEabAN@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20101103145354.0cbd8ae0@ernst.jennejohn.org>
References:  <AANLkTi=OTQLPgoGb=j7KxkLnLtAzHqx6wZW63KZQJuX=@mail.gmail.com> <20101103105838.GA70884@icarus.home.lan> <20101103145354.0cbd8ae0@ernst.jennejohn.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>> I'm not sure how much traction you'll get with that statement, but for
>> what it's worth, I agree. =A0The severity of the situation in the PR is
>> extremely high, and the repercussions if experienced are bad. =A0This *i=
s*
>> something that should be backported to the RELENG_8_1 branch.
>>
>
> Considering that 8.2 is a ways off I also tend to agree.
>
> But that sort of in-your-face demand for action won't make any friends
> among the committers, you can bet on that.

I am not entirely sure why my question was understood as some kind of
aggression, that was certainly not my intention.


> When is the fix getting backported from -STABLE to 8.1 as an errata fix?
I think this a normal, valid question?

> A lot of people cannot and will not update to 8.1 before this is fixed
This is a simple fact.

> and no, "just track -STABLE" is not a valid answer
Just pre-empting the usual expected "just update to -STABLE to get
your fix" responces. This is not a valid solution for a lot of users
out there.


- Sincerely,
Dan Naumov



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?AANLkTikuRtQEdWXME1U-uFfhockrH=cq6_tSCGxEabAN>