From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 7 23:06:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA20752 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 23:06:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp4.portal.net.au [202.12.71.104]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA20739 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 23:06:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA00730; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 23:04:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812080704.XAA00730@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Jason C. Wells" cc: FreeBSD-chat Subject: Re: Beta Testers For Applixware? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 07 Dec 1998 17:56:32 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 23:04:40 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > >> BTW, will it be ELF, a.out, or both ??? > >> I pre-ordered it, but I don't know what I'll receive. I am glad WC made > >> it, after all. > > > >It will probably be a.out, built to run against a 2.2.x system. It > >will be tested on both 2.2.x and 3.0. > > This makes business sense but... > > # This part of build should be regarded as deprecated and you should _not_ > # expect to be able to do this past the release of 3.1. You have exactly > # one major release to move entirely to elf. This is an admonition to -current users. > Based on the above, I have already -DNOAOUTed my entire system. I hope > it's trivial to put AOUT support back in. I am really looking forward to > trying Applixware as a better alternative to StarOffice. Applixware should run with the compat-22 kit installed, if not without. The goal is to make it applicable to the widest possible installed base. > 3.0 _is_ RELEASE. Maybe we should treat it as such. I get the feeling the > 3.0-RELEASE is the redheaded step child of the FreeBSD world. "Sure we put > it on our web page but you might want to run 2.2.8 instead." This was stated unequvocally in the 3.0 release notes. Pay more attention. 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message