From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Jun 18 12:54: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.gnf.org (ns1.gnf.org [63.196.132.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 140B237B403; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:54:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gnf.org (smtp.gnf.org [172.25.11.11]) by ns1.gnf.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5IJrhX08091; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:53:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gordon@FreeBSD.org) Received: by mail.gnf.org (Postfix, from userid 888) id 6AD9411E515; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:53:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.gnf.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69ABD11A572; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:53:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:53:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Gordon Tetlow X-X-Sender: gordont@smtp.gnf.org To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: Doug Barton , Trish Lynch , Nik Clayton , Subject: Re: 4.x compatibilty.. Was: MFC of rcNG? In-Reply-To: <20681.1024423602@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > We make rcNG the default for 5.0-RELEASE, so that the hurdle is > encountered when upgraders are most expecting hurdles. We make > it clear in the release notes for 5.0-RELEASE that rcOLD, while > still supported, may go away at some point in the lifespan of > RELENG_5. The problem isn't that we want to get rid of rcOLD (well, maybe we do =), but more the problem of maintenance. DougB and I don't have a whole lot of time to dedicate to keeping things in sync. That said, we plan on making a best effort to keep everything glued together. Finally, I think a wait and see attitude is the best option. Let's figure out how much of a headache we will have before throwing aspirin at it. -gordon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message