From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 10 17:51:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D22116A4CE; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:51:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bremen.shuttle.de (bremen.shuttle.de [194.95.249.251]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2FF443D39; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:51:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from schweikh@schweikhardt.net) Received: by bremen.shuttle.de (Postfix, from userid 10) id 07DD23B952; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:51:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from hal9000.schweikhardt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) j2AHoiGh089399; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:50:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from schweikh@hal9000.schweikhardt.net) Received: (from schweikh@localhost) by hal9000.schweikhardt.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j2AHoikh089398; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:50:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from schweikh) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:50:44 +0100 From: Jens Schweikhardt To: Paul Richards Message-ID: <20050310175044.GB784@schweikhardt.net> References: <422E407B.4080507@portaone.com> <86k6oht386.fsf@xps.des.no> <422F087F.9030906@portaone.com> <20050309.085035.129356491.imp@bsdimp.com> <422F6703.70409@portaone.com> <20050310161607.GO98930@myrddin.originative.co.uk> <86d5u7fn1z.fsf@xps.des.no> <20050310171917.GQ98930@myrddin.originative.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050310171917.GQ98930@myrddin.originative.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i cc: Maxim Sobolev cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: alfred@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org cc: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav cc: "M. Warner Losh" Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/compat/linux linux_socket.c X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:51:13 -0000 On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 05:19:18PM +0000, Paul Richards wrote: # On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 06:06:16PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: # > Paul Richards 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? SunOS 4^WSolaris 1 vs Solaris 2 and the SparcWorks compiler suite? SunOS 4 users had to make do with the much inferior acc ("ansi c compiler"). Yes, that was long ago, but not unheard of, even in the commercial world. Regards, Jens -- Jens Schweikhardt http://www.schweikhardt.net/ SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped)