Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:12:31 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Alex Keahan <alex@hightemplar.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: ibcs2 and svr4 compat headed for history Message-ID: <40DDBC8F.2050107@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <200406262056.38279.alex@hightemplar.com> References: <34301.1088242340@critter.freebsd.dk> <200406261950.38373.alex@hightemplar.com> <20040626172444.GA11527@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <200406262056.38279.alex@hightemplar.com>
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Alex Keahan wrote: > On Saturday 26 Jun 2004 8:24 pm, Tim Robbins wrote: > >>On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 07:50:38PM +0300, Alex Keahan wrote: >> >>>On Saturday 26 Jun 2004 7:17 pm, Tim Robbins wrote: >>> >>>>On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 05:43:20PM +0200, Cordula's Web wrote: >>>> >>>>>>>>- Numerous third-party applications for SCO and Solaris/x86 >>>>>>>>(e.g. backup solutions) >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Maple V for Solaris/x86. >>>>>> >>>>>>Is something wrong with Maple for Linux? (Which is up to version >>>>>>9.5, looks as if.) >>>>> >>>>>No license. Gatuitously dropping backward compatibility support for >>>>>commercial software is rude, to say the least... Where was that old >>>>>Solaris/x86 HDD now?. Yuck. :-( >>>> >>>>No, it's realistic. Maintaining SVR4/i386 compatibility is not a good >>>>use of developer resources considering how few people use it. >>> >>>What happened to "if it ain't broken, don't axe it"? >> >>The kernel's internal interfaces change; security bugs are discovered. >>Someone has to keep the code up to date, and the people who end up doing >>the work are *not* the people who advocate keeping the code around. > > > That's a slippery slope and you don't want to go there. > > Maintenance of old code is the price you have to pay when you write new code. > That includes kernel interfaces and security bugs. > > I just hope the removal of IBCS2 is not a political decision to get back at > SCO for their predatory legal tactics. Please please please remove the tinfoil hat. This is _ABSOLUTELY_ not the case. Scott
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