From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 26 18:12:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACD1816A4CE for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:12:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4F8643D46 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:12:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from samsco.org (junior-wifi.samsco.home [192.168.0.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5QIGK0A055403; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:16:20 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <40DDBC8F.2050107@samsco.org> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:12:31 -0600 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040304 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alex Keahan References: <34301.1088242340@critter.freebsd.dk> <200406261950.38373.alex@hightemplar.com> <20040626172444.GA11527@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <200406262056.38279.alex@hightemplar.com> In-Reply-To: <200406262056.38279.alex@hightemplar.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=3.8 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on pooker.samsco.org cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: ibcs2 and svr4 compat headed for history X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:12:53 -0000 Alex Keahan wrote: > On Saturday 26 Jun 2004 8:24 pm, Tim Robbins wrote: > >>On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 07:50:38PM +0300, Alex Keahan wrote: >> >>>On Saturday 26 Jun 2004 7:17 pm, Tim Robbins wrote: >>> >>>>On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 05:43:20PM +0200, Cordula's Web wrote: >>>> >>>>>>>>- Numerous third-party applications for SCO and Solaris/x86 >>>>>>>>(e.g. backup solutions) >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Maple V for Solaris/x86. >>>>>> >>>>>>Is something wrong with Maple for Linux? (Which is up to version >>>>>>9.5, looks as if.) >>>>> >>>>>No license. Gatuitously dropping backward compatibility support for >>>>>commercial software is rude, to say the least... Where was that old >>>>>Solaris/x86 HDD now?. Yuck. :-( >>>> >>>>No, it's realistic. Maintaining SVR4/i386 compatibility is not a good >>>>use of developer resources considering how few people use it. >>> >>>What happened to "if it ain't broken, don't axe it"? >> >>The kernel's internal interfaces change; security bugs are discovered. >>Someone has to keep the code up to date, and the people who end up doing >>the work are *not* the people who advocate keeping the code around. > > > That's a slippery slope and you don't want to go there. > > Maintenance of old code is the price you have to pay when you write new code. > That includes kernel interfaces and security bugs. > > I just hope the removal of IBCS2 is not a political decision to get back at > SCO for their predatory legal tactics. Please please please remove the tinfoil hat. This is _ABSOLUTELY_ not the case. Scott