svn commit: r338172 - Now deprecating DRM

Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Thu Aug 23 17:26:11 UTC 2018


On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 10:08 AM Rodney W. Grimes <
freebsd at pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:

> I think this deprecation is a rather serious deviation
> from the stated policy, in that 0 notification was
> made, core IMHO, has overstepped some boundaries in
> that respect.   These policies are promises to the
> downstream consumers, and violating them is very
> poor planning.
>

Despite what the commit said, core didn't actually formally approve it
before the fact. That was one of the many miscommunications surrounding
this episode.

I don't think you'll find anybody who would say this was well planned or
well executed.

Warner


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