On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 10:45:48AM +0900, Joel wrote: > Random comment from the peanut gallery, but ... > > > >> Thanks for the info guys. Does this "security support" also mean that > > >> current ports will be compatible with the release? > > > > > > No, there are no guarantees about that. The ports/ people generally > > > try to make things work with older releases, but there are no gurantees > > > there. It's simply too much work to make such guarantees, and this is > > > after all an volunteer project (for most parts anyway). See also > > > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ for the "official" statement. > > > > Right, i didnt think so. Debian is a volunteer project too, and their > > packaging system supports all of their branches. I guess i should look > > into rolling my own packages, to be sure. And yes, i realize that we just > > dont have an infrastructure for something like this. > > I'm thinking that, if a company really doesn't have the infrastructure, > there are several good options. You mention Linux. MacOSX is closer to > the BSDs than Linux in many ways, tends to have relatively long-term > stability, and you can pay Apple for a rather high level of support if > you join their developer's program. > > The best option, however, may be to invest in the infrastructure -- a > long term relationship with a qualified contractor, or even an employee > whose primary duty would be to (learn how to) do the heavy lifting on > backporting and upgrading. That way, the OS itself becomes more a part > of the company's resources.
Didn't someone announce a few months ago that they were going to work on supporting ports with older releases? I'm sure they'd welcome support, whether financial, material or otherwise. Kris
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