On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 2:17 AM Peter Jeremy <pe...@rulingia.com> wrote:
> On 2019-Mar-10 09:38:53 -0600, Warner Losh <i...@bsdimp.com> wrote: > >On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 9:07 AM Alexey Dokuchaev <da...@freebsd.org> > wrote: > > > >> On Sat, Mar 09, 2019 at 12:00:27PM -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > >> > > New Revision: 344970 > >> > > binaries). Failure to do so may leave you with a system that is > >> > > hard to boot to recover. A GENERIC kernel will include suitable > >> > > - compatibility options to run binaries from older branches. > >> > > + compatibility options to run binaries from supported older > >> branches. > >> > > >> > This is probably not the best adjective here, supported only goes > back to > >> > 11.x, there are COMPAT options that work all the way back to 4. > >> > >> I concur, this "supported" word sounds like we barely give a fuck. > Being > >> able to run old (very old) binaries had always been one of our > strengths, > >> and we should not suggest that it's not anymore. > >> > > > >It isn't saying we don't support older binaries. It sets the limits on > what > ... > >upgrading from. We can (and do) support additional binaries, and having > the > >clarification here doesn't change that. > > I think the changed wording implies that we no longer provide compatibity > with unsupported branches. I agree that we might in future decide to > remove COMPAT_FREEBSDx for unsupported x but until then, I'd prefer wording > along the lines of: > "A GENERIC kernel will include suitable compatibility options to run > binaries from older branches. Note that the ability to run binaries > from unsupported branches is not guaranteed." > Thanks for the constructive suggestion. I appreciate you taking the time to make this better. Warner > -- > Peter Jeremy > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQKTBAEBCgB9FiEE7rKYbDBnHnTmXCJ+FqWXoOSiCzQFAlyGGWxfFIAAAAAALgAo > aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEVF > QjI5ODZDMzA2NzFFNzRFNjVDMjI3RTE2QTU5N0EwRTRBMjBCMzQACgkQFqWXoOSi > CzQ9/Q//alwnrCnIBEGE8YP4bvmgS/f7toPlTJx5OStjtTK0aG1uoErmO8THKzV0 > jH439z1yrfi9xBhCOZvU91dTYbCFu0P8Hgswp0V741dAfjx6C3kmlmbLYtcFreaL > KJfwa0ogGAy27B8XBlPCZFuqT1K6JqLAQO56KxI6Jl+rakpx2DZ4gePT+RRAofwL > eIwJkEo9SOoj/Hg2avw9019ixOlj6K+JQJSEqVRfvt7BHgGT2cGBy5IvQqkXB62Q > 901QXl3odMGq6j30qxmx/034V9+cEWdUSEYhGaa/41MBN20aVXvPrn5sbjRgPbDF > vnAdzQ/N7lRaT6uDyJDeZbdtdaRTy+Qj5OVM8wocwfxFX3GjBNNWFc92raD3eRow > IHLeCt32JR7krE0qR52byBbb8/x9MJg6qt0ELcUV7JDkSeNGnn9Wj2e5llfH6mtg > KNke/YpWz7p1U/xm3EjUbBwLNA4NMJHNadmRc0jtraQ2v9v+rNb0DMp7nv3DASYp > 7bBHHkEVBUjKtwtnipXa6PparAM4G19X47c0CpZ6zkLezdNGXkvF4x+HWsJlngOG > MoXeyo7EB/7diBMMK9JKo0pqzD2yb+hb9Tsl6WxXdLmJEClPJO9olya+QQMaAVP7 > yTCpYzBhtsnFXPEnzh5LqKaw6kAb4jY0u+qMy9Yl6untCORDoFI= > =nst/ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
