Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 23:02:52 -0500 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: <nate@yogotech.com>, "Jordan Hubbard" <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Cc: <will@physics.purdue.edu>, <jtm63@enteract.com>, <ports@FreeBSD.ORG>, <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: end of 3-stable support Message-ID: <00bb01c0a13b$55f277b0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <20010226232552.H767@ohm.physics.purdue.edu><20010227101131C.jkh@osd.bsdi.com><15004.3067.574082.950796@nomad.yogotech.com> <20010227143851C.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
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> From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> > Subject: Re: end of 3-stable support > Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 13:20:11 -0700 (MST) > > > Actually, a number of people have stated that they want to 'break' > > things for 3.X (ie; actively removing 3.X support from existing ports). > > Well, in those cases I guess our hapless user is simply screwed. > Let's just hope he doesn't need to run any of the applications > maintained by such people. And of course, let's not all forget that even though the ports may not build from the ports tree, they can still fetch (dated) packages from ftp.freebsd.org if they desperately need to install an app whose port was rendered non-functional under 3.x -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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