Re: Compatibility Between Releases Policy

2006-10-05 Thread Erik Norgaard
Jason C. Wells wrote: Where is the policy regarding compatibility between releases documented? I recall reading once upon a time that FreeBSD won't break compatibility for the duration of a major point release. If a third party wrote software for 6.0 it would be perfectly compatible with

Re: Compatibility Between Releases Policy

2006-10-05 Thread Jason C. Wells
Erik Norgaard wrote: Jason C. Wells wrote: Where is the policy regarding compatibility between releases documented? I recall reading once upon a time that FreeBSD won't break compatibility for the duration of a major point release. If a third party wrote software for 6.0 it would be

Re: Compatibility Between Releases Policy

2006-10-05 Thread Erik Norgaard
Jason C. Wells wrote: Ports astonish me more often than FreeBSD to be sure. If one uses a port that was built on a 6.0 system, can one trust that no bit rot will occur by the time 6.9 rolls around. Will all of FreeBSDs interfaces and features remain backward compatible? While the developer

Re: Compatibility Between Releases Policy

2006-10-05 Thread Robert Huff
Jason C. Wells writes: Ports astonish me more often than FreeBSD to be sure. If one uses a port that was built on a 6.0 system, can one trust that no bit rot will occur by the time 6.9 rolls around. If you mean Is it guaranteed a binary built under x.0 will run, even with

Compatibility Between Releases Policy

2006-10-04 Thread Jason C. Wells
Where is the policy regarding compatibility between releases documented? I recall reading once upon a time that FreeBSD won't break compatibility for the duration of a major point release. If a third party wrote software for 6.0 it would be perfectly compatible with 6.1, 6.2 and on. The