Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 13:23:25 -0500 (EST) From: Jt <hometeam@techpower.net> To: Gabor Kincses <gabor@acm.org> Cc: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: end of 2.2-stable support and the future of ports Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901211322410.70422-100000@techpower.net> In-Reply-To: <36A75DD4.41C67EA6@acm.org>
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I cvsuped RELENG_3 and my kernel says 3.0-stable...I thought it would be 3.1 ? On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Gabor Kincses wrote: > Satoshi Asami wrote: > > > > Hello world, > > > > Well, the time has finally come. The 3.0 tree was branched to > > 3.1-stable (RELENG_3) and 4.0-current (HEAD) today. > > > > As has been announced before, the support for the 2.2 branch by the > > ports team has now officially ended. New ports will no longer > > required to be tested on 2.2. Also, ELF has been the default format > > for the 3.0 branch for some time, so now seems like a good time to > > declare the end of a.out support too. > > > > We will not yank 2.2/a.out support from existing ports, but will not > > require 2.2 or a.out support be preserved across port updates either. > > This means that the numbef of ports that can be compiled on 2.2 will > > slowly decrease over time. In a few months' time, I will remove all > > 2.2/a.out support from bsd.port*.mk. That will finally free us from > > all the kludges we had to put into the system and the ports tree in > > order to make a smooth (relatively speaking -- don't laugh) transition > > from 2.2/a.out to 3.0/ELF. > > > > I will build the final snapshot of packages-2.2-stable tonight and put > > it up on ftp.freebsd.org. It will be kept there for a few months, but > > I have three 2.2.5 machines (also have the CDs), but some of the ports > have much better versions in the latest 2.2 ports collection. Since > these boxes perform exceptionally well, I have a really hard time > justifying my mocking around with them. At the same time the need > occasionally arises to pick up a port from the CD. It would be a real > shame if the 2.2 ports collection disappeared for ever. I know, earlier > versions like 2.0.5, 2.1.7 were also wiped out at some point, but the > subsequent releases didn't remove such fundamental features like a.out > support... > > So why the rush? Why not just keep a final 2.2 snapshot around (for a > few years) for those not willing to just yet plunge into 3.0? Is > diskspace cost the limiting factor? > > Once again, I'm not asking for support, just availability. > > -- > Gabor Kincses > (gabor@acm.org) > FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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