From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 7 08:49:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05A3516A403 for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 08:49:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFB0713C455 for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 08:49:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-10-135.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.10.135]:55723 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Ha6cI-0003Px-8A for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:49:50 +0200 Received: (qmail 11904 invoked from network); 7 Apr 2007 10:49:48 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with SMTP; 7 Apr 2007 10:49:48 +0200 Received: (qmail 87717 invoked by uid 1001); 7 Apr 2007 10:49:48 +0200 Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 10:49:48 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Nikolas Britton Message-ID: <20070407084948.GB87662@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Nikolas Britton , Julian Elischer , FreeBSD Current , Ed Schouten References: <20070405.140109.39240822.imp@bsdimp.com> <20070406142326.GC6950@hoeg.nl> <20070406153500.GE6950@hoeg.nl> <46166A5E.3090009@samsco.org> <461697C3.8000700@elischer.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-ACL-Warn: Too high rate of unknown addresses received from you X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1Ha6cI-0003Px-8A. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1Ha6cI-0003Px-8A 50a547b83bc3249864e12b8771c18522 Cc: FreeBSD Current , Julian Elischer , Ed Schouten Subject: Re: Do we need this junk? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:49:56 -0000 On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 03:23:14PM -0500, Nikolas Britton wrote: > On 4/6/07, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > >I think some of the frustration people have shown with you is because > >you don't seem to appreciate how much this issue is constantly thought > >about and how the current state is not just an "accident of history". > > > >We have a LOT of old systems running around the world. > > > > But the old systems don't need the latest and greatest copy of > FreeBSD! This is why we provide errata / security fixes. The systems > are a static non moving target ??? But we want the new features and bug fixes for the old systems too! The ability to take the latest FreeBSD release and install it on an older system is a feature, not a bug. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se