Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:49:12 -0700 From: "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@juniper.net> To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Cc: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>, Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r284345 - in head: . bin/cat bin/chflags bin/chio bin/chmod bin/cp bin/csh bin/date bin/dd bin/df bin/domainname bin/echo bin/ed bin/expr bin/freebsd-version bin/getfacl bin/hostname bi... Message-ID: <4731.1434653352@chaos> In-Reply-To: <1434635292.1415.93.camel@freebsd.org> References: <201506131920.t5DJKwMH033508@svn.freebsd.org> <CAG=rPVfR3QbvYEM9Xdpxdhx_Aisj7Z0=mVig4HyUkk4uqQGrOg@mail.gmail.com> <950C4B23-B625-4173-A7C4-A4F1B2C5771D@gmail.com> <306889B5-3417-467C-965F-B011866E6F15@gmail.com> <450D8D9A-CBF2-445A-8221-4CD353591549@gmail.com> <16996.1434316874@chaos> <094A5FA6-7DB8-485E-84A8-C15D2A0BC9F6@gmail.com> <4710.1434319205@chaos> <1434635292.1415.93.camel@freebsd.org>
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Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote: > > I agree but 8 -> 11 is a very big jump. > > Not really. We're in the midst of such a change at $work, but it will Yes we still use 7.x on most machines - these can build head just fine, but it is a reasonably controlled environment, with minimal dependence on the host env. I was speaking more in terms of the project's boundaries on what they are willing to support. > machinery. The fmake->bmake change has been fairly painful; it's only > working at all for us because I've hacked fmake on 6.x and 8.x to > support a few crucial bmake features. Yes, a common theme at most vendor summits is the ever increasing maintenance "cost" of falling behind.
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