Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:40:48 -0200 (BRST) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?T=F3rgan_Flores_de_Siqueira?= <torgan@inf.ufrgs.br> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.x concerns Message-ID: <20050207212024.H27037@zero> In-Reply-To: <20050207101634.8716616A569@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050207101634.8716616A569@hub.freebsd.org>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-608883161-1107819648=:27037 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE > On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 03:01:49PM +0000, Chris wrote: > >> 4 - compatiblity, I remember using 5.2.1 and pretty much all software >> worked well in that and then they did the bind defaulting to base and >> libs version jump, why wasnt this done in 5.0 so 3rd party apps could >> adjust, now we have a situation where most stuff that worked in 4.x >> worked well in 5.1 and 5.2.1 but then broke in 5.3 so effectively 5.3 >> was liek a new major version over 5.2.1. > > 5.2.1 was clearly marked as a "developer preview" release and you were > warned not to rely on it for production use. As a snapshot of > FreeBSD-CURRENT, binary compatibility is not guaranteed and often > needs to be broken in the course of development. > > Kris Just adding a note: I regularly use FreeBSD on a Toshiba notebook, and switched from 4.x to 5.x to benefit from cardbus support. Well, I started with 5.2.1 and all things did well. Since then, I'm trying to track 5-STABLE with no success. Starting with 5.3-RELEASE, the ACPI stopped to work, as well as did the rl driver. So, I switched back to 5.2.1. []s T=F3rgan --0-608883161-1107819648=:27037--
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