[dev] Re: [cvs] commit: lots of stuff

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz@bigworm.colorado.edu>:

> I was under the impression that this (the NLS stuff) isn't really 
> something that should be merged since it isn't backward portable.  Is 
> that a mistaken conclusion?  I think this is more of a reorganization of 
> the code - should this be avoided in the future if it would make it 
> difficult to reconcile HEAD and RELENG?  I understand the need to update 
> and maintaint the old code, but it seems like there is always that 
> tradeoff with continuing to develop the new codebase.

We certainly shouldn't avoid reorganizing things in the name of maintaing 
backwards compatability and mergability. But it does mean we need to be 
more diligent about merging changes when possible, so that features do 
filter down to the RELENG branches.

We might also want to start a series of HEAD releases, advertised as 
alphas, with no promise of an actual release anytime soon, for people who 
want to use the latest and not use CVS.

-chuck

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