Re: Branching for netbsd-10 next week

["Thomas Mueller" <mueller6725%twc.com@localhost>]

from nia:

> On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 07:59:35PM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> > How will I be able to access (read-only OK) FFS2ea from NetBSD 9.99.82, and what about compatibility with FreeBSD regarding file system?  I assume no compatibility with Linux.

> There will be no compatibility with either, older NetBSD releases
> won't recognize the superblock AFAIK.

> > Will I have to worry about the entropy problem when building or updating packages from 9.99.82 to 10.99.1, or, less likely, 10.0_BETA?  Has that been fixed?

> There aren't any changes since 99.82 to the way entropy(7) accounting
> works because the opinions in the community are too strong.

My opinion is strong that this entropy bug should not be allowed to get in the way of building packages.

Is any other OS afflicted by this bug?

Tom