Re: 5.x concerns

From: Tórgan Flores de Siqueira (torgan_at_inf.ufrgs.br)
Date: 02/08/05

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    Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:40:48 -0200 (BRST)
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    > 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

    Tórgan

    
    

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