Re: ABI/API soft freeze reminder

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:Let me remind to you that there is ABI/API soft freeze now in effect until 
:2.4 release. I know that we all wanted to do more in this cycle (libc_r 
:removal etc), but as it's not done for now, sorry ... it has to wait for 
:post 2.4 now.
:
:The goal of the freeze is to provide relatively stable environment for 
:pkgsrc development work so focus can be moved to fix packages not only to 
:the breakages caused by the development in the base.
:
:Soft freeze doesn't mean that bugs can't be fixed and development can't be 
:done, but ... 
:
:* Please not moving things around in headers even if the result is more 
:  correct according to standards. No playing with standards etc related 
:  ifdefs either, please.
:
:* No changes to the public API/ABI in the libraries in the base. This 
:  includes both removal and adding of the symbols, also removal and 
:  adding of the libraries.
:
:* No "sync library x with yBSD" either, please.
:
:I'm sure I forgot something anyway ... ;) 
:
:
:thank you for understanding,
:
:-- 
:Hasso Tepper

    Hasso, do you think it would be good to switch to the new quarterly as
    well?  I currently have 2.3.x softlinked to 2008Q4.  I'd like to change
    it over to 2009Q1 (once we get it built on avalon) as well as use
    2009Q1 for 2.4.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>