[fbsd] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, 6.0 EoLs coming soon

[Edward B. DREGER]

RW> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:17:20 +0100 (BST)
RW> From: Robert Watson <rwatson at ...>

RW> On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Edward B. DREGER wrote:
RW> 
RW> > Perhaps work on 7 should have been delayed until 5 and 6 were able to woo
RW> > people away from 4 -- or at least not leave valid reasons for people
RW> > wanting to stay behind.

RW> Right now this MFC pipeline is working quite well, but it's worth keeping in

In which case there should be no complaints about *maintaining* four
different trees. :-)  Small, incremental patches and security fixes are
not the large source refactorings/rototills that are a pain to MFC.


RW> > Rather than spend undue effort on 4 and 5, improving 6 and 7 is

i.e., I have the same thoughts re the MFC pipeline.  Adding major 
features to 4.x would be a slippery slope, as you described.  Once 
everyone's pet feature was added... voici!  7-STABLE!


Eddy
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