On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 09:17:17PM +0100, Chris wrote: > On 02/06/07, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 02:02:44PM +0200, Fabian Keil wrote: > >> Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > On 29/05/07, Mark Linimon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 09:17:57PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > >> > > > Agreed. 6.3-RELEASE would nominally be due around July but the > >lack > >> > > > of any schedule on http://www.freebsd.org/releng/ suggests that it > >will > >> > > > be later than that. The plans to start the 7.0-RELEASE cycle will > >also > >> > > > impact this. > >> > > > >> > > At BSDCan, Ken Smith mentioned that 7.0 is due to be branched in > >July and > >> > > released in Aug/Sep, with 6.3 quickly following (perhaps even > >overlapping > >> > > so as to reuse the same ports freeze). > >> > > > >> > > The ports tree is not even close to stable enough to release right > >now. > >> > >> > Given that Kris repeatedly tells me and others that the ports system > >> > is only supported on the latest freebsd release (meaning one has to be > >> > upgrading freebsd on their servers every few months to get this > >> > support) if 7.0 and 6.3 are released around the same time will the > >> > ports tree be supported on both? > >> > >> I believe you misunderstood something. Where do you think Kris said that? > > > >Yep, looks like he's confused again. I hope it's not a terminal > >condition. > > > >Kris > > > > > > > > > > Please repeat what you told me when I asked why a variable I had to > set on 6.1 machines wasnt put in UPDATING.
Quoting from http://www.freebsd.org/ports/: -- The Ports Collection supports the latest release on the FreeBSD-CURRENT and FreeBSD-STABLE branches. -- i.e. just because 7.0 is released starting a new -STABLE branch does not mean that the other -STABLE branches lose support. Kris _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
