Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:41:58 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't build ports on older FreeBSD machine Message-ID: <E8D8606947D6F7EEC3808F51@utd49554.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20050418222126.04ea4660@localhost> References: <200504180758.BAA10753@lariat.org> <20050419031952.GA90643@xor.obsecurity.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418213725.0591beb0@localhost> <20050419041638.GA56099@xor.obsecurity.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418222126.04ea4660@localhost>
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--On Monday, April 18, 2005 10:22:13 PM -0600 Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> wrote: > At 10:16 PM 4/18/2005, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> The ports support policy is right there on www.freebsd.org/ports for >> all to read. > > It's not reasonable, IMHO. If a release hasn't been EOLed, ports should > work on it. > That's kind of silly, don't you think? As new software is developed and added to ports, why would there be *any* expectation that it would work on older releases? Do you honestly think a developer is going to test - say - usb drivers on a FBSD release that never had usb? You can keep old versions around forever if all you want to do is run what's on them, but if you want the latest and greatest of everything, the *OS* has to be new as well. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu
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