On Mon, May 23, 2005 5:08 pm, Simon L. Nielsen said: > On 2005.05.23 16:51:18 -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote: >> >> Thanks for the info guys. Does this "security support" also mean that >> current ports will be compatible with the release? > > No, there are no guarantees about that. The ports/ people generally > try to make things work with older releases, but there are no gurantees > there. It's simply too much work to make such guarantees, and this is > after all an volunteer project (for most parts anyway). See also > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ for the "official" statement.
Right, i didnt think so. Debian is a volunteer project too, and their packaging system supports all of their branches. I guess i should look into rolling my own packages, to be sure. And yes, i realize that we just dont have an infrastructure for something like this. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
