Re: src/sys/vfs

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

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 07:11:43PM +0100, Mindaugas Rasiukevicius wrote:
 > > If changes are incrememntal (which this one probably is), then there
 > > is no real problem applying each change to cvs separately - the system
 > > should still build after each.
 > 
 > Heh.  It is a bit more than "it should still build".  For the case of
 > incremental changes, the branch is also a way to avoid an intermediate
 > state in the main tree.  It is undesirable to leave the main tree in
 > the transition if, for example, the developer runs out of time.  Even
 > worse if code is kept in such condition for a while and release is cut.

The whole point of doing incremental changes, rather than one monster
commit, is that all the intermediate states are still valid. Otherwise
there's no point.

And you do realize that incremental changes are much more expensive to
prepare, right? With the big quota patchbombs, every damn intermediate
state got tested.

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David A. Holland
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