Re: 2.2 missing features

Gregory Maxwell (linker@z.ml.org)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 03:08:29 -0400 (EDT)


On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Jeff Lightfoot wrote:

> With Michael Mueller's port of Dynamic IP hack (RST-provoking,...) to
> 2.1.125 from 2.0.3x, I began wondering how many other features are going to
> mysteriously disappear when 2.2 comes out.
>
> Are there many other features we need to work on porting to 2.1 that are
> currently in 2.0?
>
> What can we do to keep this from happening in the 2.3 to 2.4/3.0 conversion?
> Would it be reasonable to ask that there be patches for both stable and
> development before a feature is added to the stable branch?

No.. Just keep the development periods small.. It's easier to forward port
and less likely that people will write for the stable.

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