Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 13:33:55 -0500 From: "Matt Sealey" <matt@genesi-usa.com> To: "'Mark Linimon'" <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, 'Bill Milford' <freebsd@milfordmail.com> Subject: RE: graphics/linux-dri on 4.11 Message-ID: <022b01c6a1f3$ebf03270$99dfdfdf@bakuhatsu.net> In-Reply-To: <20060707182302.GA18488@soaustin.net>
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> The policy is that we no longer require committers to make > sure things work on 4.X before they commit. To the extent > that people send patches, things will keep running. Well this is a kind of internal-to-ports thing that needs a small change, not really a "fix linux-dri" thing. It could happen with plenty of packages, so who deals with that? > The security team support for RELENG_4 is currently scheduled > to end on 20070131. After that point, ports support on 4 is > going to be especially problematic; I am currently trying to > determine _exactly_ how bad the bitrot on 4 is. It's worse > than people think. It's terrible. Nothing works properly day-to-day, but we manage to survive. I curse the day I decided I would leave this server at 4.9. > Anyone running a desktop needs to be on 6.1 or RELENG_6 now, > unless they are one of the few people affected by one of the > bugs, or for some reason are staying on 5.5 for now. Ah well. Good luck :) -- Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa.com> Manager, Genesi, Developer Relations
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