From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 28 15:58:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 166F116A4CF for ; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:58:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.village.org [168.103.84.182]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2892743D1F for ; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:58:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (warner@rover2.village.org [10.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5SFtqdf058231; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:55:53 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:56:05 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20040628.095605.13314562.imp@bsdimp.com> To: cswiger@mac.com From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <40DF2607.5020409@mac.com> References: <3949.1088292437@critter.freebsd.dk> <20040626.181218.21873777.imp@bsdimp.com> <40DF2607.5020409@mac.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: ibcs2 and svr4 compat headed for history X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:58:40 -0000 In message: <40DF2607.5020409@mac.com> Chuck Swiger writes: : In other words, I care quite a bit about how "working, supported : functionality" gets transitioned to "no longer available". I'm not happy with : the notion of "supported" -> "HEADS UP" -> one week -> gone. It appears that this is widely used enough that it won't be removed. I agree that this is a too streamlined path. Warner