[ntp:hackers] Bugzilla questions

Harlan Stenn stenn at ntp.org
Wed Apr 9 07:39:44 UTC 2008


Venu wrote:
> Steve Kostecke wrote:
> > Martin Burnicki said:
> >
> >   
> >> Harlan Stenn wrote:
> >>
> >>     
> >>> And I would rather see us making progress toward getting the 4.2.6
> >>> blockers handled so we don't need to backport these bugs to -stable.
> >>>       
> >> As already mentioned in my reply to Danny, I'd also like this, but
> >> since I'd expect it will still take some time until this happens I'd
> >> appreciate a patch release which would make life easier for many
> >> regular users.
> >>     
> >
> > Patch releases are intended to fix _bugs_ (i.e. situations where ntpd
> > malfunctions or does not perform as designed).
> >
> > Patch releases should NOT be used to _add/remove_ features or _change_
> > functionality.

> So what is the procedure to add features, if not through patches ?

Steve was talking about -stable, not -dev.

We prefer to only fix "significant" bugs in -stable.

We have much more flexibility with -dev.

H


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