On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 12:27:54 +0100, Jakub Bogusz wrote: > Want something more stable than C and C++ ABI within distro line?
Yes, just like we have php4, apache1 and many more. > So DO distro release twice a year and MAINTAIN each one for two years or > so. What for? ABI changes require next release, probably with some transition scripting. It's not the case. > With release cycle >3y nothing more can be done (unless everything > becomes Really Ancient long before release time). 1. don't put UNTESTED stuff in main (like changing HTTPD_CONF to brand new /etc/httpd/apache.conf, putting Deny from all in 10_common.conf and triggering service restart by some application), 2. don't drop XYZ support (mv xyz xyzVER). Nothing more. This situation is the same as in mysql a year or something ago - changes in good direction, but without any reasonable upgrade procedure; it didn't cope even with classical out-of-package configuration. My apache 2.0 configuration was kosher either. -- GoTaR <priv0.onet.pl->gotar> http://vfmg.sourceforge.net/ http://tccs.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ pld-devel-en mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pld-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/pld-devel-en
