On Friday, 2 July 1999 at 17:12:56 -0700, Matt Jacob wrote:
>> On Friday, 2 July 1999 at 15:26:35 -0400, Brian F. Feldman wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Brian F. Feldman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here's the fix. I'm sure it's not absolutely the same as what Greg will have,
>>>> but if anyone wants to commit it, it will fix world.
>>>
>>> I know I _could_ commit it, but it's someone else's work that's being actively
>>> maintained. It still does break world, but I don't think I have authority to
>>> commit over Greg's work.
>>
>> I personally think that, in such a case, you'd be justified to commit
>> it as a temporary measure. Due to the difference in time zones, this
>> has hit people while I've been asleep. That doesn't mean the commit
>> would stay, of course, but at least it would save people unnecessary
>> pain. Note, of course, that I have now committed the correct file,
>> which I had forgotten last night.
>>
>> What do you others think?
>
> opinion:
>
> If it's really blocking folks because things don't compile, it is always
> acceptable to do what you need to do- the tree should always compile even
> if -current. If the system doesn't boot because of change, then that's an
> obvious one too. If things work differently or not as well, but things
> are more or less working, it's not an emergency, so leave it for the
> author to fix.
That looks reasonable.
Greg
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