Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:41:43 +0100 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com> Subject: Re: 5.x concerns Message-ID: <200502061641.47454.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <3aaaa3a05020607013bff630e@mail.gmail.com> References: <3aaaa3a05020607013bff630e@mail.gmail.com>
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--nextPart10357063.sl9eDYuH53 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday, 6. February 2005 16:01, Chris wrote: > 4 - compatiblity, I remember using 5.2.1 and pretty much all software > worked well in that and then they did the bind defaulting to base and > libs version jump, why wasnt this done in 5.0 I personally told lots and lots of people to NOT use 5.2.1-Release and wait= =20 for 5.x to become a stable branch instead, but it still got installed far=20 more often than it really should have. 5.2.1 was still a Technology Preview= =20 release - it was a snapshot of FreeBSD 5-CURRENT, just as 5.0-RELEASE,=20 5.1-RELEASE and 5.2-RELEASE were before. In retrospect, there probably should have been more warning signs on the=20 website and the documentation to point out that fact. Also, there probably= =20 should have been more feature and driver backports to FreeBSD 4, so less=20 people would have been tempted by the better hardware support and general=20 friendlyness of FreeBSD 5-CURRENT. Too late to change now, but perhaps=20 something that should be remembered for the next time FreeBSD goes through = a=20 similar transition period. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart10357063.sl9eDYuH53 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCBjq7Xhc68WspdLARAmqbAKCNmUYz8CdLU9H4Xmx+eqxWs1t3aACfYCd2 vGc2Y0OztvM4jVFXiS9XuoE= =EfEh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart10357063.sl9eDYuH53--
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