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Date:      Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:17:22 -0500
From:      linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon)
To:        andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com>
Cc:        Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports missing their packages.
Message-ID:  <20081029151722.GD6191@soaustin.net>
In-Reply-To: <20081029120050.GA77220@ozzmosis.com>
References:  <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBMECBCMAA.fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBIEDJCMAA.fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> <790a9fff0810290242m58012ac5r10bb761f65c97a1c@mail.gmail.com> <20081029120050.GA77220@ozzmosis.com>

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On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:00:50PM +1100, andrew clarke wrote:
> Presumably the 6.x series wlll be retired before 8.x is released... :)

No, there will be an overlap.  See
http://www.freebsd.org/security/index.html#supported-branches.

8.0 had *better* be out before 2010 :-)

> That brings up a question - what is the usual procedure for port
> maintainers so they can test their ports on both 6.x & 7.x?

I think most people these days run 7.x and create a ports tinderbox
(ports-mgmt/tinderbox) to check on 6.x.  A few people have tinderboxes
available.

mcl



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