Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 13:07:49 +0900 From: Alexander Nedotsukov <bland@FreeBSD.org> To: Jimmie James <jimmiejaz@gmail.com> Cc: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Dropping support for GNOME on FreeBSD 4.X Message-ID: <428C1115.7070607@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <7e148fb90505181751368fdad0@mail.gmail.com> References: <7e148fb90505181751368fdad0@mail.gmail.com>
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Hey Jimmie, It looks like your main and the only problem that you can not move to 5.x yet. Did you report you troubles to stable@ or current@ mail lists? All the best, Alexander. Jimmie James wrote: ><rant> >Great. :( > >Unfortunatly, I can't update to 5.x untill I get a new system. I've >tried every 5.x release since about 4.4, and not one will install >here. > > > > >>FreeBSD 4.X is dead, developmentwise. >> >> >If "FreeBSD 4.X is dead", then why is it still being prompted on the site? >Wasn't there just a flurry of USB commits for the 4.x branch? > > > >>Bug reports will be entertained on a per-port basis. Some ports may >>continue to see life on 4.X provided they build and are functional. >>This will be left up to the maintainer's discretion, of course. >> >> > >That says to me, when remote vuln's creap in, all the 4.x users are >going to be exploited, and there's nothing we'll be able to do, but >to lose out, or become part of a botnet. > >Considering E.O.L of 4.11 is January 31, 2007, I think this is unreasonable. > > > >>More and more ports break with GCC 2.x. >> >> >More and more ports have build depends of GCC 3.x, I don't see how GCC >2.x factors into this choice. > ></rant> <!--Sorry --> >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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