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Date:      Sat, 3 Mar 2001 22:33:40 +0200 (EET)
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        asami@clickarray.com (Satoshi Asami)
Cc:        roam@orbitel.bg (Peter Pentchev), sobomax@FreeBSD.org (Maxim Sobolev), ports@FreeBSD.org, stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: end of 3-stable support
Message-ID:  <200103032033.f23KXpI71273@vic.sabbo.net>
In-Reply-To: <yfkofvi8ukv.fsf@vader.clickarray.com> from "Satoshi Asami" at Mar 03, 2001 12:29:36 PM

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> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Sorry for the delay.  Due to a disk problem on bento (thanks Peter
> Wemm for fixing it!), the package build took much longer than
> expected.  The latest and final 3-stable packgaes are up for ftp now.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Actually I meant something in between.  The policy will be similar to
> what we had at the end of 2.2-stable support.
> 
> (1) No packages will be build for 3-stable anymore.  The last set just
>     put up for ftp will remain there as a last snapshot for a long time.
> 
> (2) Whatever there is in bsd.port.mk to support 3-stable will remain
>     there for at least a few months.
> 
> (3) Porters are no longer required to test port builds on 3-stable.
>     In particular, new ports do not need any consideration for
>     3-stable builds.
> 
> (4) As a corollary of 2 and 3, when updating existing ports, porters
>     will have an option of removing 3-stable support.
> 
> The idea is to give 3-stable users a fighting chance to use the latest
> ports while not burdening the porters with any extra work for 3-stable
> support.
> 
> Hope this clears it up.

Thank you for clarification. I think it is a reasonable middle ground.

-Maxim

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