Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:00:07 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: johans@stack.nl Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: smalltalk-3.0.5 Message-ID: <4a639767.S1hn5ZaapukKlu8e%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <20090719133239.GA24910@mud.stack.nl> References: <FEA77D0A44794DC185BD6EC90F712B3F@rafael> <20090719133239.GA24910@mud.stack.nl>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Johan van Selst <johans@stack.nl> wrote: > ... versions 3.0.5 and 3.1 were both released on the very same > day: 3.0.5 is not older than 3.1. The former was a stable bugfix > release and 3.1 came with serveral new features (and unfortunately > no perfect backwards compatibility for running older programs) ... > > Right now, many programs will work with either version, and > some even require the new 3.1 features ... I'll look in to > these issues and will probably switch the port to 3.1(.x) soon. Given the backwards compatibility issues, might it be worthwhile to create a new smalltalk31 or smalltalk-devel port, or rename the current port to something like smalltalk30x, so that the older version can remain available for use with older programs?
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4a639767.S1hn5ZaapukKlu8e%perryh>