svn commit: r358821 - in head: . contrib/amd libexec/rc/rc.d release tools/build/mk tools/build/options usr.sbin usr.sbin/amd usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.conf.d

[Cy Schubert]

In message <202003101608.02AG8DEk065806 at gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, "Rodney W. 
Grimes"
writes:
> > In message <202003101541.02AFfpiY065653 at gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, "Rodney W. 
> > Grimes"
> > writes:
> > > > On March 10, 2020 6:42:30 AM PDT, Ed Maste <emaste at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > > > >> Sorry for being snippy. It's a bad day here, client-wise, and it's
> > > > >spilling
> > > > >> over here.
> > > > >
> > > > >No apology necessary, I'm sorry I didn't coordinate more closely with
> > > > >you on the actual svn commit. I had this change in my WIP tree since
> > > > >November and just got back to it. Given the elapsed time since we last
> > > > >discussed it I ought to have sent a reminder/refreshed the discussion.
> > > > 
> > > > I think a FreeBSD version bump might still be needed. Though ports or o
> ther
> > >  software might simply check for the existence of /usr/sbin/amd instead. 
> > > > 
> > > > I should put a deprecation flag into the port though I haven't thought 
> abou
> > > t the expiry date yet. Probably at 12 EOL.
> > >
> > > Since 13 is not going to include amd that would be ending both the base a
> nd p
> > > ort version at the same time, perhaps keep the port to 13.0 EOL to give a
>  sli
> > > ght window when someone upgrades to 13 and finds out amd is gone they can
>  go 
> > > to the port for a quick but short lived fixed.
> > >
> > > Perhaps big giant warnings all over the port too that it is about to EOL?
> > 
> > Does adding DEPRECATED= without EXPIRATION_DATE= and a comment to add 
> > EXPIRATION_DATE for 13 EOL date sound ok?
>
> Sounds ok, but I was thinking 13.0 EOL, vs 13 EOL, unless you want
> to support it for 5 more years??  Or even 13.1 EOL if it is desirable
> to give them just a wee bit more time.

Gotcha. 13.0 is better.

>
> > DEPRECATED prints warnings.
> Ok
>
>
> -- 
> Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.or
> g



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