Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:37:11 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, stef@memberwebs.com Subject: Re: Is the FreeBSD ABI compatibility policy documented anywhere Message-ID: <20090925023711.0000515b@unknown> In-Reply-To: <4ABBDDD4.50905@elischer.org> References: <4ABBD5FA.5070507@memberwebs.com> <4ABBDDD4.50905@elischer.org>
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On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:00:04 -0700 Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> wrote: > 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 The only place I found it directly referenced was in http://wiki.freebsd.org/VendorInformation -- Bruce Cran
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