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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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