From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 26 14:53:51 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43C0A16A417 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:53:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (trang.nuxi.org [74.95.12.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2488613C4A7 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:53:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l9QErmSd092629; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:53:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l9QErlKm092628; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:53:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:53:47 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Ken Smith Message-ID: <20071026145347.GA92529@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200710150951.l9F9pUm7026506@repoman.freebsd.org> <4720B30F.4040903@samsco.org> <20071025151707.GA11398@nagual.pp.ru> <4720E0AF.1010004@samsco.org> <4720E904.2090704@delphij.net> <4720EA15.40002@samsco.org> <20071025191437.GD16187@nagual.pp.ru> <1193347863.93167.11.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1193347863.93167.11.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: Scott Long , src-committers@FreeBSD.org, d@delphij.net, Andrey Chernov , cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/locale utf8.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@FreeBSD.org List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:53:51 -0000 On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 05:31:03PM -0400, Ken Smith wrote: > What we need to try and avoid unless *absolutely* *necessary* is the > part Scott quoted above - binaries compiled on 6.3-REL should work on > 6.2-REL unless there was a really big issue and the solution to that > issue required us to break that. The reason is simple, people should be > able to continue running 6.2-REL "for a while" and still be able to > update their packages from packages-6-stable even after portmgr@ starts > using a 6.3-REL base for the builds This is news to me. I've never heard that we're that concerned with forward compatability even on a RELENG branch. We do not break the ABI for backwards compatability - in that everything (including kernel modules) that ran on 6.2 must run on 6.3. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)