Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:25:06 +0100 From: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: EOS/EOL policies of ports and ports intrastructure on RELENG_4 Message-ID: <20060215142506.GQ64362@droso.net>
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--HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable While still many people use RELENG_4, it is EOD. Portmgr has set the following policies with regard to EOL/EOS of this branch and kindly asks developers to implement these: - We keep building 4.11 packages as long as we have the resources. 4.x package builds will be deprioritised though, meaning they may not be rebuilt as frequently. - We will continue to support the 4.X infrastructure until RELENG_4 EOL (1/31/2007) by building the INDEX on RELENG_4 for use by 'make fetchindex', and making sure that the ports collection infrastructure (bsd.port.mk, etc) continues to function on RELENG_4, subject to the reduced testing that this branch will receive. This means that problems may be noticed only after the fact and may require community support to develop and test fixes. - We do not require committers/maintainers to support 4.x, but ports will still be required to be marked BROKEN/IGNORE if they do not build/run. - Port maintainers are strongly encouraged to accept patches from the community that allow their ports to build and run on 4.x. However, since running on 4.x is no longer a requirement, maintainers may use their discretion in cases where a proposed patch would be disruptive to other supported FreeBSD branches, or would unreasonably impede ongoing maintenance of the port. - We will continue to accept patches for ports collection infrastructure (bsd.port.mk, etc) - We encourage all users and developers to migrate to the FreeBSD 6.x branch, which is a stable and mature platform, and is now the 'reference' FreeBSD branch for the ports collection. On behalf of portmgr, -erwin --=20 Erwin Lansing http://droso.org Security is like an onion. (o_ _o) It's made up of several layers \\\_\ /_/// erwin@FreeBSD.org And it makes you cry. <____) (____> erwin@aauug.dk --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD8znCefbgcXQUYpwRAnSKAKCKeWBid5gxl7hrIz9MwBIqtwrtEACfXeuP J91P/XWTikOal/83dfGDv6I= =dI77 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV--
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