From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 28 15:42:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 295B71065675; Wed, 28 May 2008 15:42:35 +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 111538FC19; Wed, 28 May 2008 15:42:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4SFgYqK029999; Wed, 28 May 2008 08:42:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m4SFgXD6029998; Wed, 28 May 2008 08:42:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 08:42:33 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Maxim Sobolev Message-ID: <20080528154233.GG85398@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200805272004.m4RK4SZt029194@repoman.freebsd.org> <483C7FF2.6000607@FreeBSD.org> <483C977F.20105@delphij.net> <483CA944.4050800@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <483CA944.4050800@FreeBSD.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, d@delphij.net, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Xin LI , re@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/include string.h src/lib/libc/string Makefile.inc memchr.3 memrchr.c src/sys/sys param.h X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@FreeBSD.org List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 15:42:35 -0000 On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 05:37:24PM -0700, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Well, as I said it might not be something strictly required, but why not be > nice to ISVs and users? Ability to run binaries compiled on 6.4 on previous > 6.x releases is really important in many situations. No, it can be quite error prone. > That's probably one > of the reasons why big software vendors (Oracle, Sun etc) are very > reluctant to provide native binary packages for FreeBSD. I really don't think you're giving their justification... Even Sun adds things to Solaris 10 updates. UPWARD binary compatibility is what's guaranteed. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)