Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:21:41 -0400 From: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>, andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports missing their packages. Message-ID: <20081029152141.GA73924@atarininja.org> In-Reply-To: <20081029151722.GD6191@soaustin.net> References: <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBMECBCMAA.fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBIEDJCMAA.fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> <790a9fff0810290242m58012ac5r10bb761f65c97a1c@mail.gmail.com> <20081029120050.GA77220@ozzmosis.com> <20081029151722.GD6191@soaustin.net>
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On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:17:22AM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:00:50PM +1100, andrew clarke wrote: > > Presumably the 6.x series wlll be retired before 8.x is released... :) > > No, there will be an overlap. See > http://www.freebsd.org/security/index.html#supported-branches. > > 8.0 had *better* be out before 2010 :-) > > > That brings up a question - what is the usual procedure for port > > maintainers so they can test their ports on both 6.x & 7.x? > > I think most people these days run 7.x and create a ports tinderbox > (ports-mgmt/tinderbox) to check on 6.x. A few people have tinderboxes > available. While my tinderboxes are not publicly available I do use them extensively to test things and will often work with maintainers who ask for help in supporting OS versions they don't have handy. I also make use of VMs in the rare cases where a tinderbox won't suffice. I understand that not everyone has access to these things, so don't hesitate to ask for help as a maintainer. -- WXS
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