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Date:      Tue, 28 May 2002 10:54:32 +0300
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        obrien@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux_base Makefile distinfo.alpha  distinfo.i386 pkg-plist.alpha pkg-plist.i386
Message-ID:  <3CF337B8.3BB9E226@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200205280235.g4S2ZPr85521@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020528040504.GB55559@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20020528002336.A33431@dragon.nuxi.com>

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David O'Brien wrote:
> 
> On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 09:05:04PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > >   Upgrade to Red Hat 7.x support.  Many binary-only packages are now requiring
> > >   Red Hat 7.x to run.
> >
> > We already have linux_base-7.
> 
> Would you prefer no linux_base, but only linux_base-<version>?
> 
> > Whatever you do, do it to both. You might want to consider doing the work
> > in less time, because now you're only making it hard for everybody. I think
> > two releases have past since you started this (counting 4.6 as well).
> > Not a good sign...
> 
> I am only doing the work because no one else has been willing to move us
> forward in the past two years.  If it is moving too slow for you, you are
> more than free to help out.

The problem is that many existing packages doesn't work with
7.x. For examply last time I was checking Linux JDK refused
to work with anything but 6.x. Did you tested at least major
linux packages?

-Maxim

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