Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 08:00:32 +0000 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>, Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tangent for discussion: FreeBSD performs worse that Linux Message-ID: <20011210080032.A4215@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <20011209121703.A23726@sheol.localdomain>; from hawkeyd@visi.com on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 12:17:03PM -0600 References: <20011209100855.A22942@sheol.localdomain> <20011209084620.V14858-100000@coredump.scriptkiddie.org> <20011209111523.A23357@sheol.localdomain> <20011209175137.B13554@clan.nothing-going-on.org> <20011209121703.A23726@sheol.localdomain>
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On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 12:17:03PM -0600, D J Hawkey Jr wrote:
> Seems to me that were I to do this, and I would, it would only be as viab=
le
> as the patches themselves. That is, I (and any contributors) would have to
> be able to stay abreast of those things going on in -STABLE that could get
> backported to previous releases ("could" being a significant word here).
Well, yeah. That's pretty much a pre-requisite.
Doesn't mean that you need 100% coverage though. If you produce
something that only gets in 80% of the patches that could be applied
back that's still better than what we have now. And it makes it easier
for someone else to help out with the missing 20%.
> So far, I've made three patchfiles that can be applied to 4.2REL and 4.3R=
EL.
> Not exactly the repertoire one would need to garner interest and momentum.
It's a start. What's the URL?
N
--=20
FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/
FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/
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