Re: kern/41668 (MONOLITHIC should probably also be included in HEAD builds)

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/41668; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/41668 (MONOLITHIC should probably also be included in
        HEAD builds)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:07:21 +0000

 On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:55:02PM +0000, Matthew Mondor wrote:
  >  One important problem for me is that although it's way easy to compile
  >  and install a new monolithic kernel, this is more troublesome with
  >  modules.  If advanced users think that way, how about novice users when
  >  having to deal with the modular system?
  >  [...]
  >  Or are NetBSD "end users" supposed to never test new kernels or upgrade
  >  their systems, and we should make this as hard as possible?
 
 All these points have been raised repeatedly in the past without
 affecting Andrew's opinion. However, core has decided that MONOLITHIC
 will remain and continue to be autobuilt, so hopefully this argument
 can finally be dropped.
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost