From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 28 23:33:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4E2916A415 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:33:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (vc4-2-0-87.dsl.netrack.net [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8311B13C492 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:33:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kBSNW0sU020248; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:32:00 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:32:04 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20061228.163204.1187166090.imp@bsdimp.com> To: fcash@ocis.net From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <200612221106.59985.fcash@ocis.net> References: <39AFDF50473FED469B15B6DFF2262F7A0273C975@DEHHX001.deuser.de.intra> <200612221106.59985.fcash@ocis.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (harmony.bsdimp.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:32:00 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possibility for FreeBSD 4.11 Extended Support X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:33:45 -0000 In message: <200612221106.59985.fcash@ocis.net> Freddie Cash writes: : On Friday 22 December 2006 08:09 am, Helge.Oldach@atosorigin.com wrote: : > Pete French <> wrote on Friday, December 22, 2006 2:44 PM: : > Frankly, I can't follow the argument that 6.x is "unstable". After all, : > it's named 6-STABLE for a reason. I'd say from experience that the : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : Not for the reason you think. -STABLE in FreeBSD means API/ABI stability, : not necessarily system stability. It's a promise that a binary compiled : on 6.0-RELEASE will run on 6.32-RELEASE without needing to recompile it : (with very few exceptions). It also means system stability. Warner