Re: Register keyword removal

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

    Philosophically one must ask the question "Should the code be left
    that way forever?".  I would argue that keeping a code base up to modern
    norms is important.  While an argument can be made for drivers that
    are still being actively maintained by third parties, I do not subscribe
    to the idea of just blindly applying patch sets.  Any kernel-integrated
    driver update must be carefully examined no matter what, so I suppose
    you could think of this divergence as enforcing a higher level of
    consideration and thought on the person doing the update.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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:-On [20030807 20:12], Sander Vesik (sander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
:>why do that? its basicly harmless and just creates unneeded diff churn?
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:Exactly for that reason, it is nowadays more harmful to have to be
:honest and the history with FreeBSD, well, given the recent
:reorganisation and other things changed why care about some extra diffs
:to read through.
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