Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:52:38 +0200 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> Cc: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org, stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: end of 3-stable support Message-ID: <3A9640F6.BF54E7E@FreeBSD.org> References: <200102230817.f1N8HN506575@vader.clickarray.com> <3A963091.8058B7D@FreeBSD.org> <20010223123030.E1899@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 11:42:41AM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > Satoshi Asami wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > As you may all know, the 3-stable branch has slowly being phased out > > > for a while now. This is true for both the tree itself and the ports > > > collection; fewer and fewer ports committers have 3-stable machines to > > > test with, and the list of build errors kept growing little by little. > > > > > > Thus, I have decided to stop building 3-stable packages. The next run > > > which starts in a few hours will be the last one for 3-stable. Of > > > course, this last set of packages will be left on ftp.FreeBSD.org for > > > a long time, just like the last set of 2.2.* packages. > > > > > > Thanks for your help. We can now concentrate all our resources on > > > only two branches. (For a while anyway. ;) > > > > Cool. Please indicate when you have last run completed, so we can start > > removing 3-stable specific hacks from ports (FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS, USE_NEWGCC, > > etc). > > Hmm.. I don't really think Satoshi meant we are completely stopping support > for 3.x in the Ports collection; just packages for the present. Please read the following PW's para several times ;): > > The next run > > which starts in a few hours will be the last one for 3-stable. Of > > course, this last set of packages will be left on ftp.FreeBSD.org for > > a long time, just like the last set of 2.2.* packages. (keywords are "last" and "will be left for a long time"). > Or am I wrong? Well, considering that the most of the people from the porting team do not have a 3-stable box to test or debug ports on, and 3-stable package building on bento will be terminated, I think it would be fair to officially declare end of 3-stable support and remove 3-stable belts and whistles from the bsd.port.mk and ports' Makefiles. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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