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Subject: RE: pkg_add for 5.2.1 no longer working...
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Mark Linimon wrote:

> 5.2.1 was a special case: as has been pointed out, a 'new
technology'
> release.  5.3 is the first stable release on 5.X.  5.2.1
was 
> always intended to have a short support life.  In fact, it

> was intended to have a short development life, as well,
but 
> that failed due to it winding up with too many features in
it.

First I thought the same, but this doesn't explain why 4.x
releases won't supported longer than older 5.x releases
concerning package availability.

Regards
Bjorn