Re: Are we *really* in a feature freeze?

Aaron Tiensivu (tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu)
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 12:40:29 -0400


> Feature freeses should only free features that affect more then one little
> function.

No.. that's called in 'slush' mode.. at least that's what it meant in the past.

> The only way this would affect anything is if someone who compiled and
> loaded QNXfs was expirencing crashes. In that case I would say, turn off
> QNXfs, does it still crash? If no, well thats what you have to deal with
> when you turn on features marked as 'expermental'. (yes, we have
> expermental features in stable kernels).

I still contend it breaks the meaning of a feature freeze.

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