From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 28 00:56:56 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04313106566C; Wed, 28 May 2008 00:56:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) Received: from sippysoft.com (gk1.360sip.com [72.236.70.240]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A68158FC0C; Wed, 28 May 2008 00:56:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [192.168.0.40] ([204.244.149.125]) (authenticated bits=0) by sippysoft.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m4S0uqBi028658 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 27 May 2008 17:56:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sobomax@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <483CADD0.2060403@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 17:56:48 -0700 From: Maxim Sobolev Organization: Sippy Software, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Maxim Sobolev References: <200805272004.m4RK4SZt029194@repoman.freebsd.org> <483C7FF2.6000607@FreeBSD.org> <20080527234335.GA24995@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <483CA584.3080001@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <483CA584.3080001@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Xin LI , cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/include string.h src/lib/libc/string Makefile.inc memchr.3 memrchr.c src/sys/sys param.h X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 00:56:56 -0000 Erik, It's funny, the history repeats itself. We was having similar discussion with you 3 years ago. :) -Maxim Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 06:09:03PM +0000, Paul Richards wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 10:44:09AM -0700, Scott Long wrote: >>> Paul Richards wrote: >>>> On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 06:06:16PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: >>>> >>>>> Paul Richards writes: >>>>> >>>>>> Imagine something like Photoshop being written on the most recent >>>>>> version of Mac OS X and finding that compatibility only worked >>>>>> forward. That would mean that most users out there would have to >>>>>> upgrade their OS in order to use the most recent version of Photoshop! >>>>> Yes, that is usually how it goes. >>>> >>>> I don't believe it does. Can anyone provide real world examples of >>>> this happening that we can consider? >>>> >>> You know, I'm completely outraged that I can't use MSWord 2005 on my >>> Windows 3.1 system! I even installed the win32s library! Don't those >>> bozos at Microsoft care at all about forwards compatibility? >> We're talking minor releases across stable branches here. This >> issue is not whether 6.1 should run on 5.3 it's whether 5.4 should >> run on 5.3 >> >> I would expect software developed on XP service pack 2 to be able >> to run on a fresh CD install of XP. > > I wouldn't be so certain about that. > Case in point: Last year a friend of mine bought a new computer, but > could not use the sound device on the motherboard due to a lack of > drivers. The sound drivers included with the motherboard (as well as > those available from the manufacturers website) only supported Windows > 98SE and later, while she was using plain Windows 98. > > Another example is that there are several Macintosh programs that will > only work on MacOS 7.6 or later, and thus will not run on MacOS 7.5.5 > (which is the latest version that can be downloaded for free from > Apple.) > > That is two examples from the commercial world of not having forward > compatibility between minor releases - I am certain many more examples > can be found. > > > >