HEADS UP: Dropping support for GNOME on FreeBSD 4.X

[Alexander Nedotsukov]

Hey Jimmie,

It looks like your main and the only problem that you can not move to 
5.x yet. Did you report you troubles to stable@ or current@ mail lists?

All the best,
Alexander.

Jimmie James wrote:

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>Great. :(
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>Unfortunatly, I can't update to 5.x untill I get a new system.  I've
>tried every 5.x release since about 4.4, and not one will install
>here.
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>>FreeBSD 4.X is dead, developmentwise. 
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>If "FreeBSD 4.X is dead", then why is it still being prompted on the site?
>Wasn't there just a flurry of USB commits for the 4.x branch? 
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>>Bug reports will be entertained on a per-port basis.  Some ports may
>>continue to see life on 4.X provided they build and are functional.
>>This will be left up to the maintainer's discretion, of course.
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>That says to me, when remote vuln's creap in, all the 4.x users are
>going to be exploited,  and there's nothing we'll be able to do, but
>to lose out, or become part of a botnet.
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>Considering E.O.L of 4.11 is January 31, 2007, I think this is unreasonable.
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>>More and more ports break with GCC 2.x.
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>More and more ports have build depends of GCC 3.x, I don't see how GCC
>2.x factors into this choice.
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