> On 8/23/05, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This release will bring a lot of new ideas from us. One of them in > > particular is somewhat risky. > > First off: I like the idea. The technical merit is obvious. I have a > question regarding the timing, though. > > Is there a particular reason to go ahead with these changes before a > freeze? An alternative, going ahead in the first snapshot after > branching 3.8, may provide more time to test and get reports on > problems.
Your timeline is entirely wrong. These changes have been worked on for almost 3 years now. And they went in right after the tree unlocked after 3.7. The diffs just had a full test cycle by -current users for a few months already; and lots of bugs got fixed along the way.
