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Date:      Fri, 23 Jun 2000 15:25:35 +0300
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/audio/sidplay Makefile
Message-ID:  <3953573F.7B95B83E@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200006230927.CAA23802@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000623080800.F77304@argon.gryphonsoft.com>

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Will Andrews wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 02:27:27AM -0700, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> >   Modified files:
> >     audio/sidplay        Makefile
> >   Log:
> >   Add USE_NEWGCC.
>
> Which begs the question: How much longer are we going to support
> 3.x-only options in ports?  I haven't had a RELENG3 system for a month
> now, and I imagine that many other ports committers haven't either.  Now
> that 3.5 is out (or should be soon), how much longer should we support
> 3.x in ports?  I personally would give it until the end of the summer
> (in my mind that's Labor Day, or 1st Monday of September, 2000).

IMO, it would be better if we will drop support for 3.* simultaneously with the
date of the 4.1 release. The objection is clear - many people still think that
.0 release is too unstable for production environments.

-Maxim



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