From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 17 22:47:35 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDA0716A41F for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:47:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kaasboer@laverenz.de) Received: from natblindhugh.rzone.de (natblindhugh.rzone.de [81.169.145.175]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5762943D5C for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:47:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kaasboer@laverenz.de) Received: from athena.laverenz.de (p5480B104.dip.t-dialin.net [84.128.177.4]) by post.webmailer.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jBHMlVHs001463 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:47:31 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by athena.laverenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 515DDE393C3A for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:47:31 +0100 (CET) Received: from athena.laverenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (athena [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 24514-03 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:47:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost.localdomain (brianna.laverenz.de [192.168.100.88]) by athena.laverenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C08AE393C39 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:47:30 +0100 (CET) Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 87A565C00F5; Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:47:28 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:47:28 +0100 From: Uwe Laverenz To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20051217224728.GA7568@laverenz.de> References: <43A266E5.3080103@samsco.org> <20051217215434.GB92180@svcolo.com> <20051217220807.GA28741@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051217220807.GA28741@freebie.xs4all.nl> Organization: private site Sender: uwe@laverenz.de User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at laverenz.de Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Release schedule for 2006 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:47:36 -0000 On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 11:08:07PM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > So, when will you fix it? Or hire someone to fix it? FreeBSD after > all is mostly a volunteer operation. Yes, this certainly is correct, and many users think this way. This might be the reason why we don't hear or read much about the existing problems and annoyances with FreeBSD, people just stay quiet. The problem is that this doesn't help to make things better, because many users will simply vote with their feet and quit using FreeBSD. Uwe