Hi, On 02/09/2017 11:24, Franco Fichtner wrote: > >> On 9 Feb 2017, at 5:21 PM, Steve Wills <swi...@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> We provide backwards compatibility, not forwards compatibility. > > But don't you see that users won't know this?
Users who don't know their software is no longer supported and refuse to update can't be helped, IMHO. > This is a good theory, yet it is difficult in practice because it is > not being enforced. What would enforcement look like? Something like "Sorry, you can't pkg update because this system isn't supported any more."? But how would that be possible without also breaking things for those who build/ship their own OS and packages? Steve
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