Re: Stable vs Current (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Re: [PORTS] RedHat6.0 & Alpha)

From: Ryan Kirkpatrick <rkirkpat(at)nag(dot)cs(dot)colorado(dot)edu>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>, Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-ports(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, Postgres Hackers List <hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Stable vs Current (Was: Re: [HACKERS] Re: [PORTS] RedHat6.0 & Alpha)
Date: 1999-07-30 17:25:29
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.10.9907301124410.4356-100000@excelsior.rkirkpat.net
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On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Ryan Kirkpatrick wrote:
>
> > Sounds good... Only the alpha fixes don't fall under the heading
> > of "*easily* fixed in -stable", so they ought to stay out of there for
> > now.
>
> If there are even pieces of the alpha patches that can be applied to the
> central repository, please submit them for inclusion...#ifdef __alpha__
> works quite well :) Reducing the size of the patch for each release is
> always a good thing...

That is what I plan to do in the coming months as I review the
alpha patches chagne by change. And yes, #ifdefs are always good to use!
:)

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