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From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de>
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Subject: Re: linux-base 6.2 vs  linux-base 7
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> ... Most people just say "it doesn't work, linux_base-7
> sucks".  The reality is that linux_base-6 will go away because we are
> phasing in linux_base7 so we have to fix what we can to make the ports work
> with it whether its modifying the linux_base7 port or the ports that depend
> on it.  This is going to be on a per port basis, there is no simple fix to
> fix all the problems in this massive upgrade process.  We cannot continue
> until people start substantiating problems with a fresh linux_base-7
> installation instead of complaining how it works.
To give a good example I am going to
1) sacrifice the experimental part of my home-network to
   setting up a system with linux_base-7 and to
2) spam this mailing list with with questions about it  :-)

Regards,

Uli.



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