Re: Issue [4623] : backport patch

[Matthew Backes <mbackes@symas.com>]

> > I wanted to submit a shortish patch, basically backported from the  
> > 2.4
> > solution for issue 4623 to the 2.3 branch, tested on Linux and  
> > Solaris 9.
> > I am not sure about the proper way to submit such a patch, any  
> > comment is
> > therefore welcome.
> > Technically, it is just a backport of 2.4's fix for 4623. It has been
> > tested on both Linux and Solaris 9.

> Reviewing this code again, in my opinion this is a feature  
> enhancement and it has no place in 2.3 which is feature-frozen.

Please reconsider; it is a feature enhancement, but it's one that  
matches the text of the docs And the original intent of the docs.

Finer granularity in the divisions between antique/stable/alpha code  
would be helpful both to potential contributors and users.  Allowing  
some feature enhancements into 2.3 after each stable-point seems like  
a reasonably mild way to do this; stable-only users will sit tight  
until the stable tag is advanced (and probably quite a bit longer,  
arg), while many others will be interested in trying these features  
long before 2.4 is usable for their sites.

Matthew Backes
mbackes@symas.com
Symas Corporation