From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 10 18:09:47 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 5B4E716A4CE; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:09:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mx1.originative.co.uk (freebsd.gotadsl.co.uk [81.6.249.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFBCA43D54; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:09:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@mx1.originative.co.uk) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.originative.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D3EE15586; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:09:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mx1.originative.co.uk ([127.0.0.1])port 10024) with ESMTP id 35583-04; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:09:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: by mx1.originative.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0286315589; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:09:04 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:09:03 +0000 From: Paul Richards To: Scott Long Message-ID: <20050310180903.GS98930@myrddin.originative.co.uk> 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> <42308769.5080506@samsco.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42308769.5080506@samsco.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at originative.co.uk 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 18:09:47 -0000 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 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. -- Paul Richards