Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 23:42:14 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> 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: <op.sqz90oli9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <7e148fb90505181751368fdad0@mail.gmail.com> References: <7e148fb90505181751368fdad0@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 18 May 2005 19:51:42 -0500, Jimmie James <jimmiejaz@gmail.com> 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. Maybe I should rant about you have the old machine. ;-) >> 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? Doesn't matter how much people have touched 4.x branch. The most main point is that 4.x branch can't make any _big_ change for the desktop's sake. There are many missing parts in 4.x for desktop, which marcus has covered in his first email. Cheers, Mezz >> 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 --> -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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