From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 7 23:39:14 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E722116A4CE for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 23:39:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from inf.ufrgs.br (puma.inf.ufrgs.br [143.54.11.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D85343D48 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 23:39:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torgan@inf.ufrgs.br) Received: from localhost (smtp.inf.ufrgs.br [127.0.0.1]) by inf.ufrgs.br (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j17NdASl032561 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:39:10 -0200 Received: from inf.ufrgs.br ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (puma [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 31396-07 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:39:08 -0200 (BRDT) Received: from [10.1.1.8] (f219-1-5.pae.gvt.net.br [200.175.65.219] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by inf.ufrgs.br (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j17Nd56I032520 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:39:07 -0200 Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:40:48 -0200 (BRST) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?T=F3rgan_Flores_de_Siqueira?= X-X-Sender: torgan@zero To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050207101634.8716616A569@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: <20050207212024.H27037@zero> References: <20050207101634.8716616A569@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-608883161-1107819648=:27037" Subject: Re: 5.x concerns X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 23:39:15 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-608883161-1107819648=:27037 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE > On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 03:01:49PM +0000, Chris wrote: > >> 4 - compatiblity, I remember using 5.2.1 and pretty much all software >> worked well in that and then they did the bind defaulting to base and >> libs version jump, why wasnt this done in 5.0 so 3rd party apps could >> adjust, now we have a situation where most stuff that worked in 4.x >> worked well in 5.1 and 5.2.1 but then broke in 5.3 so effectively 5.3 >> was liek a new major version over 5.2.1. > > 5.2.1 was clearly marked as a "developer preview" release and you were > warned not to rely on it for production use. As a snapshot of > FreeBSD-CURRENT, binary compatibility is not guaranteed and often > needs to be broken in the course of development. > > Kris Just adding a note: I regularly use FreeBSD on a Toshiba notebook, and switched from 4.x to 5.x to benefit from cardbus support. Well, I started with 5.2.1 and all things did well. Since then, I'm trying to track 5-STABLE with no success. Starting with 5.3-RELEASE, the ACPI stopped to work, as well as did the rl driver. So, I switched back to 5.2.1. []s T=F3rgan --0-608883161-1107819648=:27037--