From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 5 07:19:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81FCD16A40F for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 07:19:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from norgaard@locolomo.org) Received: from strange.daemonsecurity.com (59.Red-81-33-11.staticIP.rima-tde.net [81.33.11.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B98643D76 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 07:19:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from norgaard@locolomo.org) Received: from [192.168.7.193] (68.Red-80-34-55.staticIP.rima-tde.net [80.34.55.68]) by strange.daemonsecurity.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3295D2E024; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 09:19:01 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4524B1DF.20206@locolomo.org> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:18:55 +0200 From: Erik Norgaard User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jason C. Wells" References: <45249716.2050401@highperformance.net> In-Reply-To: <45249716.2050401@highperformance.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd general questions Subject: Re: Compatibility Between Releases Policy X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:19:08 -0000 Jason C. Wells wrote: > Where is the policy regarding compatibility between releases documented? > > I recall reading once upon a time that FreeBSD won't break compatibility > for the duration of a major point release. If a third party wrote > software for 6.0 it would be perfectly compatible with 6.1, 6.2 and on. > > The reason I ask is that I am considering the wisdom of running > portupgraed with each minor point release. I don't think you can rely on POLA for ports. But for the base system, the developers try to stick to the Principle Of Least Astonishment, in particular across minor version numbers. Chears, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9