32 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-archRe: 4.x compatibilty.. Was: MFC of rcNG?| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Doug Barton | Jun 15, 2002 12:14 pm | |
| Gordon Tetlow | Jun 16, 2002 9:58 am | |
| Doug Barton | Jun 16, 2002 11:01 am | |
| Julian Elischer | Jun 16, 2002 1:24 pm | |
| Doug Barton | Jun 16, 2002 1:50 pm | |
| Nik Clayton | Jun 16, 2002 2:39 pm | |
| Doug Barton | Jun 16, 2002 3:07 pm | |
| Mike Makonnen | Jun 17, 2002 2:10 am | |
| Dag-Erling Smorgrav | Jun 17, 2002 2:32 am | |
| Sheldon Hearn | Jun 17, 2002 9:01 am | |
| Garance A Drosihn | Jun 17, 2002 11:48 am | |
| Mike Makonnen | Jun 17, 2002 4:51 pm | |
| Giorgos Keramidas | Jun 17, 2002 7:49 pm | |
| Sheldon Hearn | Jun 18, 2002 1:29 am | |
| Doug Barton | Jun 18, 2002 2:06 am | |
| Mike Makonnen | Jun 18, 2002 5:04 am | |
| Sheldon Hearn | Jun 18, 2002 5:21 am | |
| Trish Lynch | Jun 18, 2002 6:04 am | |
| Mike Makonnen | Jun 18, 2002 6:05 am | |
| Sheldon Hearn | Jun 18, 2002 6:12 am | |
| Mike Makonnen | Jun 18, 2002 7:26 am | |
| Doug Barton | Jun 18, 2002 10:54 am | |
| Sheldon Hearn | Jun 18, 2002 11:06 am | |
| Doug Barton | Jun 18, 2002 11:23 am | |
| Sheldon Hearn | Jun 18, 2002 11:35 am | |
| Doug Barton | Jun 18, 2002 11:41 am | |
| Gordon Tetlow | Jun 18, 2002 12:53 pm | |
| Nik Clayton | Jun 18, 2002 2:40 pm | |
| Doug Barton | Jun 18, 2002 3:17 pm | |
| Nik Clayton | Jun 18, 2002 3:27 pm | |
| Garance A Drosihn | Jun 18, 2002 6:00 pm | |
| Julian Elischer | Jun 18, 2002 6:20 pm |
| Subject: | Re: 4.x compatibilty.. Was: MFC of rcNG? | |
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| From: | Doug Barton (Dou...@FreeBSD.org) | |
| Date: | Jun 18, 2002 11:23:16 am | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-arch | |
Sheldon Hearn wrote:
How about this...
We commit to keeping rcOLD working on RELENG_4 to the end of RELENG_4.
That's a given.
We commit to making rcNG available as an experimental option on RELENG_4 well before 4.7-RELEASE, as long as we think it's feasible to do so.
For sufficiently conservative definitions of "feasible," ok.
We commit to keeping rcOLD working on HEAD / RELENG_5 as long as it's feasible to do so.
Wadda ya mean "we" kemo sabe? It's already going to be enough work to keep rcng up to date on 5.x, and the old system up to date on 4.x. Maintainging 3 seperate rc systems on 2 widely divergent branches doesn't sound like fun to me.
I would like to reiterate my previous points... namely that for the vast majority of users, this change will be almost unnoticed. They will still have the familiar rc.conf[.local] files, and whether we have rcold in there or not, they will still have to update them for 5.x. Further confusing the issue by having two different systems in the base won't help, it'll only hurt.
I would also like to suggest at this point that we hold off on further discussion of this nature till we flip the switch to make rc_ng the default. Rather than speculate as to how big a hill we have to climb, let's actually start the trip, and see how it looks after day 1.
Doug
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