From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 11 01:36:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E851C16A423 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 01:36:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 526EF4444E for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 01:32:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D8671A3C2F; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:32:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 86485516BF; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:32:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:32:00 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Chris Message-ID: <20060311013200.GA99311@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <3aaaa3a0603090943qdcc1128u@mail.gmail.com> <20060309180651.GA94019@xor.obsecurity.org> <3aaaa3a0603091750r67188696w@mail.gmail.com> <20060310020722.GB919@xor.obsecurity.org> <3aaaa3a0603101719g5db4f47cs@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3aaaa3a0603101719g5db4f47cs@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: libthr + libtool bump + mysql X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 01:36:42 -0000 --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 01:19:54AM +0000, Chris wrote: > I understand but it is frustrating that 6.x gets plugged a lot tho > when the person mentions they are using 5.x, I hope you understand > that when freebsd is used on a mission critical server then it is good > to only upgrade when necessary which is usually just for security > updates and also to wait for a 2nd or 3rd revision of the new major > version as to help avoid teething problems. In that manner I am glad > older versions are supported for security patches for a while after > release. >=20 > I wasnt aware ports removed support right away tho so thank you for > clarifying that for me. >=20 > what does confuse me now and I am sure others, you have a situation > where only the most recent release is supported and 6.1 is been > released shortly before 5.5 if things goto schedule, will both these > releases be treated as supported by the ports tree? Yes, see http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ to understand the support situation. > and why is 5.5 > been released at all if people should be upgrading to 6.x to remain > supported? Indeed, there was debate about whether to do a 5.5 at all since the developers have essentially stopped working on it, and we really want to get everyone onto 6.x since it's so much better. Apart from a couple of regressions, even 6.0 was a much better release than *any* of the 5.x series (including 5.5). Kris --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEEiiQWry0BWjoQKURAtbXAJ9r6SdwBmM+9ps1RvN3BLA5s/ZnawCdH6Wo kS7t3ODPcEi8ANTh+TeSSwM= =zHYP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY--