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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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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
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