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 rema
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
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 perfectl
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 6.1,
