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Re: src/sys/vfs



David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>  > Please create a branch for this work.  Otherwise, it will be the same
>  > as with quota changes which were practically unreviewable.
> 
> Nonsense. The problem with the quota changes was that they were large.
> You may recall that before committing the main batch of stuff I posted
> both all the diffs individually and a single combined diff spanning
> all of it; both were too large to review without quite a bit of
> dedication.
> 
> Creating CVS branches does not help with this sort of thing; it just
> makes development slower. It also makes it less likely that the
> changes will get tested before the final branch merge, at which point
> if something breaks it's far more difficult to figure out what caused
> it.

At least few developers suggested to use a branch.  It makes easier for
*us* to track the changes and review them.  It is not that much we are
asking for.

If you do not care, I suppose the discussion is pointless then.

-- 
Mindaugas


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