On 27 Oct 2012 00:35, "Simon J. Gerraty" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:02:00 +0100, Chris Rees writes: > >In that case we have a switch time on the order of years, not weeks; 8.3 is > >supported until May '14, and unless we get a :tl etc MFC into 8, even > >longer. All this time the ports tree must work with pmake. > > I'm pretty sure I was told it is already in 8 and 7
Not in 8.3 at least: svnweb.freebsd.org/base/releng/8.3/usr.bin/make/var.c?view=log > >I don't want to discourage you or belittle your excellent work here, but > >Marcel made me very nervous with his comment on the process being "a few > >weeks". > > That was based on discussions at the last devsummit. These discussions need backing up with a real roadmap, including detail on exactly what 8.3 and 7.4 users will have to do to ensure that the ports tree still works. I don't see where these considerations have been made. Chris _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
