Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:25:03 +0100 From: Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Policy for removing working code Message-ID: <4C87AACF.1060907@exonetric.com> In-Reply-To: <20100908150613.GA10557@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <201009011653.o81Grkm4056064@fire.js.berklix.net> <201009080842.28495.jhb@freebsd.org> <slrni8f5pi.2k1s.vadim_nuclight@kernblitz.nuclight.avtf.net> <201009081021.48077.jhb@freebsd.org> <4C879E2F.6000107@exonetric.com> <20100908150613.GA10557@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 03:31:11PM +0100, Mark Blackman wrote: >> On top of which, I'd say that the general philosopy is always that >> you stick with the release that works for you. Surely the people who >> "need" those ISDN drivers, simply stay with the release that works for >> them. If they need new features as well as ISDN, they do a cost-benefit >> analysis on writing drivers to fit the new framework. > > > Only problem with that is that eventually those old releases stop > receiving security fixes at which point it might become downright > dangerous to continue using the old release. > I think that is exactly the situation now which started this discussion > - the last release supporting ISDN was 6.4, which is to be EOL soon. Fair point, although I'd say that's part of the cost-benefit analysis too, where features includes "up-to-date security fixes". Anyway, I finally reviewed the thread and an actual I4B user, Julian, seems to have concluded that investing a bit of time in the hps code is a net benefit, so all's well. :) - Mark
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