Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:56:00 +0100 From: Achim Patzner <ap@bnc.net> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and lifecycle Message-ID: <98446ADF-D4DB-4666-BC82-A7259CC30EEB@bnc.net> In-Reply-To: <93F94D7970EC47D88A2DF9C7F726BF75@multiplay.co.uk> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112211415580.19710@kozubik.com><jf3mps$is3$1@dough.gmane.org><CAFHbX1%2Bi3JwCCBmqtOsW6m74VpDBSAmBOt7CPcCGAPCO2DBDkA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201170952440.19710@kozubik.com> <93F94D7970EC47D88A2DF9C7F726BF75@multiplay.co.uk>
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Am 17.01.2012 um 20:54 schrieb Steven Hartland: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Kozubik" <john@kozubik.com> >> It's amazing how many people are in the exact same boats - waiting = for 8.3, getting locked out of new motherboards because em(4) can't be = "backported" to even the production release... >=20 > This is not true, only last week did we take the version of e1000 from > HEAD into our 8.2-RELEASE tree as a patch. It wasnt totally trivial = but > it also wasnt difficult either. But it would still be preferable for > many not to have to do this I assume? freebsd-update its the keyword. Many of our customers could use (and do = - most of them are paying peanuts for their IT staff) trained monkeys = for system upgrades if they stay on -RELEASE steps. Alternatively: Use properly versioned binaries and get freebsd-update = working on arbitrary versions. Achim
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