Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:00:04 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: stef@memberwebs.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is the FreeBSD ABI compatibility policy documented anywhere Message-ID: <4ABBDDD4.50905@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <4ABBD5FA.5070507@memberwebs.com> References: <4ABBD5FA.5070507@memberwebs.com>
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Stef Walter wrote: > It seems that FreeBSD has an ABI compatibility policy where major > versions remain ABI and API compatible throughout minor point versions. > That is to say that the kernel interfaces and libraries for (eg) > 7-STABLE, 7.1-RELEASE, 7.2-RELEASE are not supposed to change. > > Is this a policy of the project? If so, is it documented anywhere? Or is > it just a convention? It is a policy of the project but I don't think our policies are written down as such. I think you will find it referenced in many places in a sideways manner rather than directly. Possibly in the developer handbook > > Cheers, > > Stef > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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