Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:52:23 +0100 From: "Julian Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Cc: ctm-users@freebsd.org Subject: Re: src-4 Message-ID: <200702031652.l13GqNdZ094789@fire.jhs.private> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:52:32 CST." <45C35E40.8090009@math.missouri.edu>
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Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> RELENG_4 seems to have reached its end of line. I am contemplating
> closing src-4. What do you people think? (It is actually very little
> effort for me to keep it going, so if anyone has any reason whatsoever
> to keep it open, I will do so - I am only contemplating closing for
> housekeeping reasons.)
I have various machines (some on 6, but some) stuck on 4:
- 5 doesnt install on some laptops,
- There's an fdisk systctl pain with newer fdisk affecting the
console-less scanner http://www.berklix.com/scanjet/
- gnokii (nokia coms port) fails on 6, works on 4 (I've largely dropped 5)
- one of my public servers on 4 (that will change)
- I've even got a genuine 386 in tiny chassis runs 4.11 - &
suspicion about lower performance if upgrading to 5 or 6.
Probably there's lots of boxes & users out there, who/ which still use 4.
They probably just don't correspond with FreeBSD policy makers,
I'd suggest leave 4 CTMs in place for a while, Thanks Stephen.
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