Re: CVS commit: src/sys/sys

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, Robert Elz wrote:

>    Date:        Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:04:36 +0100
>    From:        Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
>    Message-ID:  <20170224080436.GB1055%mail.duskware.de@localhost>
>
>  |  (and we already had a bump just a few hours earlier).
>
> It would indeed be useful if, when a change that requires a kernel version
> change is expected to be coming soon, the rest of the community were
> notified, so if there are any other changes expected within the following
> day or two, they can be co-ordinated to occur at about the same time, even
> if that means delaying the original planned commit by a short while.

This actually does happen sometimes, but not with any formality.

In many cases, one might just "ride the previous bump" if it wasn't too 
long ago - a couple of hours is usually tolerated.  It is of course 
considered "common courtesy" to include a "ride the bump" comment in the 
commit log to at least gives folks a heads up.



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