Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 05:01:33 -0800 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: dom@phmit.demon.co.uk, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -stable to 3.0 transition Message-ID: <199810291301.FAA23600@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Oct 1998 09:22:38 PDT." <199810191622.JAA13720@austin.polstra.com>
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In message <199810191622.JAA13720@austin.polstra.com>, John Polstra writes: > In article <E0zVBJd-0002Fq-00@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk>, > Dom Mitchell <dom@phmit.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > How long will a.out builds be supported for? > > I would expect them to be phased out before the next release of 3.x.x. > We are trying to make a point of _not_ becoming a "pick your favorite > object format" OS. Sorry for the lateness of this reply. I hadn't considered the following until considering similar ramifications on a Linux box I manage. A number of people have purchased commercial products based on a.out binaries. I for example have purchased Motif 2.0 and CDE 1.1. I am not concerned about the window manager, however I do have quite a few Motif apps. Does this mean that these apps will stop working once that a.out will no longer be supported? If no-one produces a Motif distribution for FreeBSD ELF, would apps like native FreeBSD Netscape would no longer be supported? Any thoughts? Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Open Systems Group Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca Government of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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