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Date:      Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:07:20 -0500
From:      linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon)
To:        Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, infofarmer@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, Rong-En Fan <rafan@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/news/tin Makefile
Message-ID:  <20070614180720.GB24010@soaustin.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070614172338.GA45880@nagual.pp.ru>
References:  <200706141710.l5EHAWvp016198@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070614171039.247C616A4E5@hub.freebsd.org> <cb5206420706141014s251d3a8bye4978301d1cfd6f3@mail.gmail.com> <20070614172338.GA45880@nagual.pp.ru>

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On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 09:23:38PM +0400, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> I think OSVERSION check is used only for released or stable branches.
> -current development people are supposed to bring their system to the 
> latest, isn't?

Yes, but they can't always do so, for various reasons.  For instance, I'm
sure a number of developers have stayed with the version before the gcc4.2
import.

However, supporting pre-release versions does fall under the "nice to have"
rather than the "have to have" category AFAIAC.

mcl



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