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Date:      Sat, 8 May 1999 12:23:49 +0200
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/camcontrol camcontrol.8 camcontrol.c src/sys/cam cam_ccb.h cam_sim.c cam_sim.h cam_xpt.c src/sys/cam/sc
Message-ID:  <19990508122349.L76212@bitbox.follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <199905071558.JAA52377@panzer.plutotech.com>; from Kenneth D. Merry on Fri, May 07, 1999 at 09:58:57AM -0600
References:  <19990507111745.A76212@bitbox.follo.net> <199905071558.JAA52377@panzer.plutotech.com>

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On Fri, May 07, 1999 at 09:58:57AM -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> Eivind Eklund wrote...
> > On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 05:43:48PM -0700, Kenneth Merry wrote:
> > > ken         1999/05/06 17:43:48 PDT
> > > 
> > >   Modified files:        (Branch: RELENG_3)
> > [...]
> > >   NOTE:  These changes will require recompilation of any userland
> > >   applications, like cdrecord, xmcd, etc., that use the CAM passthrough
> > >   interface.  A make world is recommended.
> > 
> > I thought we were not supposed to do this sort of thing to -stable.
> > 
> > Requirement for 'make world' has been tolerated (barely), but this is
> > the first time I've seen anything requiring re-compilation of ports...
> 
> This wasn't done without thought -- there was a reason.  There were some
> bug fixes that went in that required breaking binary compatibility.  I
> didn't really make that clear in the checkin message, so here's a rundown
> of some of the things that were broken.

[...]

> I would prefer to fix bugs in -stable rather than let them sit there and
> annoy people or cause problems.

I wasn't saying that it wasn't the right decision - I was just
registering surprise.

I think it would be appropriate to send a message to -announce, and it
definately needs to go into the release notes for 3.2.  Breaking
binary compatibility in -stable is supposed to be an event.

Eivind.


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