cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 src/tools/build Makefile

[Ruslan Ermilov]

Hi,

On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 03:14:17PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <200801211844.m0LIiufY081896 at repoman.freebsd.org>
>             "David E. O'Brien" <obrien at FreeBSD.org> writes:
> :   Remove 5.x and 6.x cruft - source upgrades to RELENG_8 from versions prior
> :   to RELENG_7 are not supported.
> 
> I've just committed an updating entry for this change.  The commit
> message has a typo in it.  It should read "versions prior to RELENG_6"
> rather than RELENG_7.

Both messages are bad, because RELENG_[67] are floating targets.

> This means we support people back just under 3
> years (May 2005: 2 years 8 months) rather than the little over 3 years
> we did before (Oct 2004 3 years 3 months).  FreeBSD_vesrion 600029 and
> newer will work.  So this delta pushes back things forward only about
> 8 months.

I only wonder how was the value of 600029 choosen?


Cheers,
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Ruslan Ermilov
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