cvs commit: src/contrib/ipfilter HISTORY Makefile bpf_filter.c ip_fil.c ipf.h ipmon.h ipt.h kmem.h mlfk_rule.c opts.h radix.c radix_ipf.h snoop.h src/contrib/ipfilter/BSD Makefile Makefile.ipsend kupgrade src/contrib/ipfilter/iplang iplang_l.l ...

Guido van Rooij guido at gvr.org
Thu Aug 24 21:03:34 UTC 2006


On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 03:22:42PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> > >>>>  Log:
> > >>>>  MFC: ipfilter 4.1.13
> > >>>
> > >>>This begs for a question: if ipfilter can not be updated without
> > >>>breaking the tree anymore, does it belong there in the first place?
> > >>
> > >>We could of course also get rid of the tree ;)
> > >>
> > >>-Guido
> > > 
> > > Tree without ipfilter or ipfilter without tree - this is a
> > > technicality.
> > > 
> > > Seriously though, I wonder how ipfilter is being tested before being
> > > checked in? Past two commits by you suggested that no testing was done
> > > at all. 
> > > 
> > 
> > Missing an added file when doing a check-in is a forgivable mistake, 
> > especially since Guido isn't the author and likely doesn't have as deep
> > of an understanding of the changes as the author does.  And, I do highly
> > appreciate that Guido is responding quickly to the problems.  The 
> > process with ipfilter still isn't perfect, but it's definitely an
> > improvement over the past.
> 
> Yes, this is the first import Guido has done, and I think it has gone well 
> relatively speaking.  Overall I think ipfilter imports will become less 
> eventful in the future than they have been in the past.

Thanks (also to Scott). It wasn't my first though :-(

To all others: it was just a stupid mistake and I already apologized.

-Guido


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