regarding kern/148655 fix for 8.1

[Gary Jennejohn]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 03:58:38 -0700
Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd at jdc.parodius.com> wrote:

> 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.
> 

Considering that 8.2 is a ways off I also tend to agree.

But that sort of in-your-face demand for action won't make any friends
among the committers, you can bet on that.

--
Gary Jennejohn