Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:20:56 +0100 From: =?US-ASCII?B?Qmpvcm4gS29uaWc=?= <bjoern.koenig@alpha-tierchen.de> To: <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: pkg_add for 5.2.1 no longer working... Message-ID: <20050220182014.66D21CCE6C4@mail.alpha-tierchen.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0502200914100.13852-100000@pancho>
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Mark Linimon wrote: > 5.2.1 was a special case: as has been pointed out, a 'new technology' > release. 5.3 is the first stable release on 5.X. 5.2.1 was > always intended to have a short support life. In fact, it > was intended to have a short development life, as well, but > that failed due to it winding up with too many features in it. First I thought the same, but this doesn't explain why 4.x releases won't supported longer than older 5.x releases concerning package availability. Regards Bjorn
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