Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 13:23:02 -0500 From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) To: Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, 'Bill Milford' <freebsd@milfordmail.com> Subject: Re: graphics/linux-dri on 4.11 Message-ID: <20060707182302.GA18488@soaustin.net> In-Reply-To: <021101c6a1e9$578f7870$99dfdfdf@bakuhatsu.net> References: <00e601c6a1e4$c073ae60$ca96f3d1@taec.toshiba.com> <021101c6a1e9$578f7870$99dfdfdf@bakuhatsu.net>
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On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 12:18:15PM -0500, Matt Sealey wrote: > I guess this has been completely looked over since BSD tar got very > clever about it. The worry is.. isn't 4.x totally obsolete, unsupported > now, and therefore not worth coding that fix for? :D The policy is that we no longer require committers to make sure things work on 4.X before they commit. To the extent that people send patches, things will keep running. The security team support for RELENG_4 is currently scheduled to end on 20070131. After that point, ports support on 4 is going to be especially problematic; I am currently trying to determine _exactly_ how bad the bitrot on 4 is. It's worse than people think. Anyone running a desktop needs to be on 6.1 or RELENG_6 now, unless they are one of the few people affected by one of the bugs, or for some reason are staying on 5.5 for now. mcl
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