Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 12:49:33 -0400 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> To: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@cris.crimea.ua> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NO vs NO_ Message-ID: <39AD3B1D.CFB294FC@cup.hp.com> References: <200008301026.DAA50313@pike.osd.bsdi.com> <27283.967631991@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> <20000830185645.A32496@ark.cris.net>
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[-committers removed] Alexey Zelkin wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 12:39:51PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > However, if you were to put magic in the RELENG_4 mk files (when the > > time came), you could translate deprecated names into their new names, > > possibly even generating warnings for each translation. I think it is mandatory for -stable and we probably should do it for -current as well. In -current, the automagical translation can be removed some time prior to the release. The reason for this is simply habit. Give people a change to get used to the new names, how ever they are going to look like. -- Marcel Moolenaar mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org tel: (408) 447-4222 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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