On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 08:30:56PM +0200, Julian Fagir wrote: > pkgsrc/guide/files/platforms.xml contains the following phrase: > > FreeBSD 4.7 and 5.0 have been tested and are supported, other versions > may work. > > I think that information is fairly outdated, and I had despite one problem > that is already reported in a PR no problems using pkgsrc on FreeBSD 8.2 in a > jail (mainly for Latex, no X packages). > > So: What are the specifications for being 'tested and supported'? Or is it > possible to update that information?
I think it means that's the last time someone spent some serious time building packages for this system :) How many packages did you build? I think for updating the "supported" version number, we should have tested some packages like firefox or so... Thomas
