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Ports is a separate issue. We simply don't have the manpower to maintain old versions of 20000 pieces of third-party software for five years.
by cperciva 12y ago
Ports is a separate issue. We simply don't have the manpower to maintain old versions of 20000 pieces of third-party software for five years.
- Scramblejams 12y agoThanks for your response, understood. I'm new to FreeBSD and as a result I didn't find the announcement clear enough to know. Is there any chance the quarterly approach may get stretched out to cover a longer time period? Anything would be helpful to give busy sysadmins breathing room.
- cperciva 12y agoIs there any chance the quarterly approach may get stretched out to cover a longer time period? To be honest, I don't pay enough attention to the ports side of things to answer this.