cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 dump_machdep.c src/sys/sys kerneldump.h

[Peter Wemm]

On Thursday 23 June 2005 04:47 pm, Scott Long wrote:
> Peter Wemm wrote:
> > On Thursday 23 June 2005 02:01 pm, Scott Long wrote:
> >>Peter Wemm wrote:
> >>>peter       2005-06-23 19:54:26 UTC
> >>>
> >>>  FreeBSD src repository
> >>>
> >>>  Modified files:        (Branch: RELENG_5)
> >>>    sys/amd64/amd64      dump_machdep.c
> >>>    sys/sys              kerneldump.h
> >>>  Log:
> >>>  MFp4: oops, the amd64 crash dump code was using the i386 dump
> >>>version.
> >>>
> >>>  Revision  Changes    Path
> >>>  1.9.4.1   +1 -1      src/sys/amd64/amd64/dump_machdep.c
> >>>  1.6.8.1   +1 -0      src/sys/sys/kerneldump.h
> >>
> >>Skirting the code freeze by committing to RELENG_5 first is a
> >> little rude.  Please email RE for approval for HEAD.
> >
> > Not for something trivial.  I'll wait till the freeze is over.
> >
> > I had precisely 3 minutes to kill before leaving.  I had these
> > sitting in my backlog for HEAD, and noticed that they were
> > applicable to releng_5 as well.
>
> So the process that we've had for 13 years of putting changes into
> HEAD before a stable branch is now officially passe?  The process is
> in place for a reason, and having a highly visible person flaunt it
> is pretty disappointing.

It's never been the case.  When freezes are in progress, we have
history of things going into older branches first.  The main need is to 
make sure they don't get forgotten from HEAD, which they won't.
-- 
Peter Wemm - peter at wemm.org; peter at FreeBSD.org; peter at yahoo-inc.com
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5