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[Simon J. Gerraty]

Ian Lepore <ian at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > I agree but 8 -> 11 is a very big jump.
> 
> Not really.  We're in the midst of such a change at $work, but it will

Yes we still use 7.x on most machines - these can build head just fine,
but it is a reasonably controlled environment, with minimal
dependence on the host env.

I was speaking more in terms of the project's boundaries on what they
are willing to support.

> machinery.  The fmake->bmake change has been fairly painful; it's only
> working at all for us because I've hacked fmake on 6.x and 8.x to
> support a few crucial bmake features.

Yes, a common theme at most vendor summits is the ever increasing
maintenance "cost" of falling behind.