Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 22:33:40 +0200 (EET) From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: asami@clickarray.com (Satoshi Asami) Cc: roam@orbitel.bg (Peter Pentchev), sobomax@FreeBSD.org (Maxim Sobolev), ports@FreeBSD.org, stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: end of 3-stable support Message-ID: <200103032033.f23KXpI71273@vic.sabbo.net> In-Reply-To: <yfkofvi8ukv.fsf@vader.clickarray.com> from "Satoshi Asami" at Mar 03, 2001 12:29:36 PM
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> > Hi everyone, > > Sorry for the delay. Due to a disk problem on bento (thanks Peter > Wemm for fixing it!), the package build took much longer than > expected. The latest and final 3-stable packgaes are up for ftp now. > > [...] > > Actually I meant something in between. The policy will be similar to > what we had at the end of 2.2-stable support. > > (1) No packages will be build for 3-stable anymore. The last set just > put up for ftp will remain there as a last snapshot for a long time. > > (2) Whatever there is in bsd.port.mk to support 3-stable will remain > there for at least a few months. > > (3) Porters are no longer required to test port builds on 3-stable. > In particular, new ports do not need any consideration for > 3-stable builds. > > (4) As a corollary of 2 and 3, when updating existing ports, porters > will have an option of removing 3-stable support. > > The idea is to give 3-stable users a fighting chance to use the latest > ports while not burdening the porters with any extra work for 3-stable > support. > > Hope this clears it up. Thank you for clarification. I think it is a reasonable middle ground. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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