Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 17:56:48 -0700 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/include string.h src/lib/libc/string Makefile.inc memchr.3 memrchr.c src/sys/sys param.h Message-ID: <483CADD0.2060403@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <483CA584.3080001@FreeBSD.org> References: <200805272004.m4RK4SZt029194@repoman.freebsd.org> <483C7FF2.6000607@FreeBSD.org> <20080527234335.GA24995@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <483CA584.3080001@FreeBSD.org>
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Erik, It's funny, the history repeats itself. We was having similar discussion with you 3 years ago. :) -Maxim Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 06:09:03PM +0000, Paul Richards wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 10:44:09AM -0700, Scott Long wrote: >>> Paul Richards wrote: >>>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 06:06:16PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: >>>> >>>>> Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> writes: >>>>> >>>>>> Imagine something like Photoshop being written on the most recent >>>>>> version of Mac OS X and finding that compatibility only worked >>>>>> forward. That would mean that most users out there would have to >>>>>> upgrade their OS in order to use the most recent version of Photoshop! >>>>> Yes, that is usually how it goes. >>>> >>>> I don't believe it does. Can anyone provide real world examples of >>>> this happening that we can consider? >>>> >>> You know, I'm completely outraged that I can't use MSWord 2005 on my >>> Windows 3.1 system! I even installed the win32s library! Don't those >>> bozos at Microsoft care at all about forwards compatibility? >> We're talking minor releases across stable branches here. This >> issue is not whether 6.1 should run on 5.3 it's whether 5.4 should >> run on 5.3 >> >> I would expect software developed on XP service pack 2 to be able >> to run on a fresh CD install of XP. > > I wouldn't be so certain about that. > Case in point: Last year a friend of mine bought a new computer, but > could not use the sound device on the motherboard due to a lack of > drivers. The sound drivers included with the motherboard (as well as > those available from the manufacturers website) only supported Windows > 98SE and later, while she was using plain Windows 98. > > Another example is that there are several Macintosh programs that will > only work on MacOS 7.6 or later, and thus will not run on MacOS 7.5.5 > (which is the latest version that can be downloaded for free from > Apple.) > > That is two examples from the commercial world of not having forward > compatibility between minor releases - I am certain many more examples > can be found. > > > >
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