> > IMHO, The FreeBSD Project should have some mechanism for > recognizing the fact that in some cases (especially embedded > systems and slower hardware) a really good, solid older > implementation is the right choice and is worth maintaining. (And > that's no April Fool's Day joke.) To do this doesn't constitute a > "fork" and is of enough value to warrant a bit of developer time > (though obviously different developers will take different amounts > of interest in maintaining "classic" releases). >
If enough people want 4.x to continue being supported they should put up their hands and find a company willing to back it. You can't ask developers to spend time on a specific thing, as has been discussed, but it sounds to me like a lot of people are running Business applications on 4.x and are quite happy as they are. Now you just have to find some one/some company which you can pay for this pleasure. Sadly I have neither the time or sufficient skills to do this, but I might if I did. In an ideal world paying for 'long life' support of 4.x might even fund developers to work on 6 and 7. Dominic _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
