Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 12:40:05 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?= <gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running i386 binaries on amd64 Message-ID: <200605161040.k4GAe5An093400@fire.jhs.private> In-Reply-To: Message from =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?= <gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu> of "Mon, 15 May 2006 23:37:43 %2B0200." <4468F4A7.9080205@t-hosting.hu>
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> IMHO, that's a very special case. Aside from these kinds of licensing Not licensing. > hurdles you mentioned as a special example, I still think that the > security branch should be used. Only very slight changes go to > RELENG_6_1 that don't cause functional changes. Using > RELENG_6_1_0_RELEASE anyway is like buying a two-day bread instead of > the fresh one. The security branch offers the same functionality and > *quality* that the original release, so imho the other points you listed > make no sense. > > I really don't want to flame about this, but I'm curious what others > think about this topic, because I'm very convinced that the use of the > release tag is strongly discouraged after the release. If a security > hole is recognized why one might not want to patch it? NO ! The original questioner has read what we're agreed the tags will deliver. He's informed, We're Done - Finished ! Expounding what tags all should use, would be arrogance in ignorance: Not all systems are trivial, some have Strict code control authorisation procedures: eg a warship system that embeds DOS, Win-XP & Linux - Shudder!, BSD systems that get used in other `interesting' places. Firewall manufacturers integrating BSD. Less stringent applications like banking will also have managers who must sign off before _Any_ code change is allowed. Which CVS tags you urge is Not amd64 specific, so to discuss it, please on an all architectures list, eg chat@ -- Julian Stacey. Consultant Unix Net & Sys. Eng., Munich. http://berklix.com
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