Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 13:07:13 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>, mark@grondar.za, jb@cimlogic.com.au, obrien@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc make.conf Message-ID: <19990503130713.E38223@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: <19990503103602.E1D8D1F50@spinner.netplex.com.au>; from Peter Wemm on Mon, May 03, 1999 at 06:35:53PM %2B0800 References: <199905030825.BAA82662@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <19990503103602.E1D8D1F50@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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On Mon, May 03, 1999 at 06:35:53PM +0800, Peter Wemm wrote: > I tend to agree. Going from 2.x to 3.x is a small burden for the end user > as a stepping stone to get to 4.x compared to the nightmares that we will > have in order to make 2.x -> 4.0-current work. > > I personally think that 4.0's 'make world' should be only required to work > from systems no older than (say) 3.0-elf, and even that's generous - > 3.0-RELEASE is quite old by today's standards. 4.0 is for developers. We've always had the policy that if you're going to go -current, you need to have the last release (ie, 3.1 at the moment). Is there any reason to change that policy? Eivind, who is one of those people who will have to upgrade some machines in two steps if the policy is kep, but still think it is a good policy. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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