From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 8 00:29:24 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 A297D16A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 00:29:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.199.47.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5979A43D31 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 00:29:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 85C4051255; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:29:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:29:23 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: T?rgan Flores de Siqueira Message-ID: <20050208002923.GA83862@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20050207101634.8716616A569@hub.freebsd.org> <20050207212024.H27037@zero> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050207212024.H27037@zero> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:29:24 -0000 --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 09:40:48PM -0200, T?rgan Flores de Siqueira wrote: > >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 >=20 > 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. Sorry to hear that - I hope you submitted bug reports so that someone can try to fix this, otherwise you might be stuck with 5.2.1 forever. Kris --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCCAfjWry0BWjoQKURAuldAKDYjGk8MbY+43z9E5fxt3tLqYzJxgCgxI89 dEvHL0QVgfRH7jG0tRpLhfY= =LXwl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1--