Re: warning of pending commit attempt.

From: Kris Kennaway <kris_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:29:50 +0100
Julian Elischer wrote:
> Andre Oppermann wrote:
>> Brooks Davis wrote:
>>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 08:44:56PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote:
>>>
>>>> At some stage in the next few weeks I will be trying to commit
>>>> Marco Zec's vimage code to -current. (only 'trying' not
>>>> for technical reasons, but political).
>> ...
>>>> Why now?
>>>>  The code is in a shape where teh compiled out version of hte system 
>>>> is stable. In the compiled in version, it is functional
>>>> enough to provide nearly all of what people want. It needs people 
>>>> with other interests to adapt it to their purposes and use it so 
>>>> that it can become a solid product for future releases.
>>>
>>> The website has a snapshot with a date over a month old and many
>>> comments about unstable interfaces.  I've seen zero reports of
>>> substantial testing...
>>
>> What about locking and SMP scalability?  Any new choke points?
> 
> not that I've seen.

That's a less than resounding endorsement :)

Kris
Received on Tue Feb 26 2008 - 18:29:52 UTC

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