Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 00:04:53 +0200 (SAST) From: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@chain.freebsd.os.org.za> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@altavista.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Buildworld FAILS for 2 days!!!! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902092354400.1111-100000@chain.freebsd.os.org.za> In-Reply-To: <36C0601D.D90D7117@altavista.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Maxim Sobolev wrote: MS> It seems to me that most of all people in the developer list carried MS> away with DHCP issue and just ignore that buildworld fails continuously MS> for 2 days in /usr/src/sys/i386/ibcs2/ibcs2_ipc.c. Please get rid of MS> it!!! I'm a FreeBSD user. I can't code, so I don't "contribute" in the code sense to the project. However, your e-mail (and many of it's ilk) raises my hackles, and I'll tell you why : 1. If you have a problem, and you're running -current, and you are 100% sure that this is affecting everyone, format a nice e-mail with sufficient details, and mail it to the list (assuming you've read the list to ensure that the problem isn't specific to you, or hasn't already been fixed). Or ask someone else you know who is running -current if they're experiencing the same problem. Or check your commit mail to see what has changed in the file(s) that is affecting you. 2. This is a co-operative project; no-one is getting paid for this, and no-one appreciates getting moaned at for something they've done for (economically speaking) free. 3. You're running -current. This assumes that you're enough of a developer (and NOT a user) to fix problems. If you can't, run - -stable or -release. 4. The people in the developer list (note: DEVELOPer list) are discussing a relatively important question about something entering the source tree. Unlike other free OS projects, in this one, most things get a good airing and people can air their views. It's a kind of a democratic autocracy. I love FreeBSD; I like the support I've received, and the lack of support at times is frustrating, but it's taught me to look for information before banging on my keyboard to the nearest @freebsd.org mailing list. I suggest you realise that unless you're paying for support and development, you're not guarenteed access to or quality of either. I can recommend a fair, commercially supported NOS - NT; you'll pay for (and sometimes receive) support, but bear in mind you can't reach their developers. EXTREMELY satisfied 4.0-current and 2.2.6-release user. - --- Khetan Gajjar (!kg1779) * khetan@iafrica.com ; khetan@os.org.za http://www.os.org.za/~khetan * Talk/Finger khetan@chain.freebsd.os.org.za FreeBSD enthusiast * http://www2.za.freebsd.org/ Security-wise, NT is a OS with a "kick me" sign taped to it -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNsCxCV0slw2AMOJdAQEq0wP/bYO1capvfoUugmFrxKiqui2k0V6M9vPB xeEmmUdbfnWanyvImKVoD1bB27gd8yXAnCkYd86UXCORQ+Kfvb36xKswK8MK88BY kFadnmCS636vvs5his6uOeVHmWKMwO5D+DiOghvlXJUvmluAL6lQ3FM0/Gq8mguw PgaZchYvdbE= =w674 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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