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Date:      Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:52:50 +0200
From:      Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr@gmail.com>, FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>, George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 9 & recompile ports
Message-ID:  <4F100D02.3070207@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4F100521.7040005@FreeBSD.org>
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on 13/01/2012 12:19 Doug Barton said the following:
> On 01/13/2012 02:06, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote:
>> Why can't it be that only shared libraries should be bumped, but no
>> kernel incompatible changes were introduced?
> 
> Because one of the reasons we have major branches is so that we can
> change the various API/KPI/etc. in the newer branch.

Are you saying that every major branch _has_ to introduce incompatibilities into
a at least one system call?
Otherwise, you are answering a question different from what Volodymyr asked :)

-- 
Andriy Gapon



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