Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 13:43:57 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.x concerns Message-ID: <20050206214357.GA50510@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3aaaa3a05020607013bff630e@mail.gmail.com> References: <3aaaa3a05020607013bff630e@mail.gmail.com>
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--X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 03:01:49PM +0000, Chris wrote: > 4 - compatiblity, I remember using 5.2.1 and pretty much all software > worked well in that and then they did the bind defaulting to base and > libs version jump, why wasnt this done in 5.0 so 3rd party apps could > adjust, now we have a situation where most stuff that worked in 4.x > worked well in 5.1 and 5.2.1 but then broke in 5.3 so effectively 5.3 > was liek a new major version over 5.2.1. 5.2.1 was clearly marked as a "developer preview" release and you were warned not to rely on it for production use. As a snapshot of FreeBSD-CURRENT, binary compatibility is not guaranteed and often needs to be broken in the course of development. Kris --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCBo+dWry0BWjoQKURAjvNAKCSSOhZiqC9MhaPKJAy4YXr/n7Q7ACfZ2VZ dyV1dC3+9LPKsI3VAn3vJxA= =T40c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT--
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