Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 01:46:45 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Reko Turja <reko.turja@liukuma.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reason 23 why we've moved to linux Message-ID: <20140324004645.GD91792@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <CCD9FE91966E4B779886CB8053C809FA@Rivendell> References: <m2iorb1ms8.wl%randy@psg.com> <532EDDD0.80700@ohlste.in> <m2eh1spns4.wl%randy@psg.com> <CCD9FE91966E4B779886CB8053C809FA@Rivendell>
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--Qrgsu6vtpU/OV/zm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 01:00:17AM +0200, Reko Turja wrote: > -----Original Message-----=20 > From: Randy Bush >=20 > > in the hope that ports will be made usable before so many people give up > > that critical mass is lost. a real tragedy if the great freebsd core > > dies because of ports lack of usability. >=20 > Interestingly, I've found the ports nowadays to be almost exact opposite = of=20 > unusable, but then I don't use FreeBSD as a desktop, the boxes are in=20 > firewall, server etc. uses. Ports coupled with pkgng and portupgrade work= =20 > just a treat on freshly built 10.0 system, nowadays one can run=20 > portupdate -rf <portname> and get the end result that's expected instead = of=20 > building tons of stuff that isn't in any need of update. >=20 > Of course, there are warts, snags and bumps now and then, but based on wh= at=20 > I've seen, I like where the project is heading. Unless in the future the= =20 > only way to build ports is using Poudriere + Sun/Oracle "How to get the= =20 > suck... errr, customer invest into tons of our very costly special memory= "=20 > filesystem. poudriere works perfectly without zfs ;) regards, Bapt --Qrgsu6vtpU/OV/zm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlMvgHUACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EzmQwCgkNXsnk6z6IeGAzB34MYN6jga rl0AnjxA0UUIJ7Vj+fMGFYNBbEJ1DIv7 =FG3/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qrgsu6vtpU/OV/zm--
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