>>>>> On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 12:03:21 -0700, Garrett Cooper <yaneg...@gmail.com> >>>>> said:
GC> But if you guys can't test obsolete OSes, then what's the value of GC> backwards compatibility -- especially when OS distributions like GC> FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD openly deprecate versions of their OS GC> within a few years of their initial release? One of the goals of Net-SNMP is to support a number of vendors that put it out on embedded devices. There is actually quite a few vendors that do this (many many more than tell us they're doing it). These vendors often don't like upgrading anything at all once they've adopted something. Sometimes, though, they'll upgrade Net-SNMP without upgrading the base OS & kernel that Net-SNMP is built on. In general, the later versions of our agent has been designed more along the lines of "lots of little files", with "one file per architecture". This means that the crufty-old stuff can still stay around but isn't compiled in unless you're on something "crufty and old". But the point is, it should still work even if it hasn't been touched in 5 years because the APIs we expose are always backwards compatible. -- Wes Hardaker Please mail all replies to net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list Net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
