On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 07:16:44PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > ... > 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."
I agree, this sounds much better: it acknowledges that some users might want to run 4.x binaries, and while we cannot guarantee it, we'd still try to provide/preserve this feature if we can. ./danfe _______________________________________________ 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"
