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Date:      Wed, 3 Nov 2010 03:58:38 -0700
From:      Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com>
To:        Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: regarding kern/148655 fix for 8.1
Message-ID:  <20101103105838.GA70884@icarus.home.lan>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=OTQLPgoGb=j7KxkLnLtAzHqx6wZW63KZQJuX=@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 12:07:17PM +0200, Dan Naumov wrote:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=148655
> 
> When is the fix getting backported from -STABLE to 8.1 as an errata
> fix? A lot of people cannot and will not update to 8.1 before this is
> fixed and no, "just track -STABLE" is not a valid answer.

I'm not sure how much traction you'll get with that statement, but for
what it's worth, I agree.  The severity of the situation in the PR is
extremely high, and the repercussions if experienced are bad.  This *is*
something that should be backported to the RELENG_8_1 branch.

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