From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 12 07:06:58 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C0A81065673 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:06:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ABD58FC12 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:06:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o5C76qVp005190 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:06:52 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <4C13320C.5090700@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:06:52 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Randal L. Schwartz" References: <86eigdx6vl.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <86eigdx6vl.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.1 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,DKIM_ADSP_ALL, SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd - for the win X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:06:58 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/06/2010 04:33:02, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > I'm working on a project for my client, and I spent the better part of > two days trying to get my laptop running OSX to have the right > combination of BerkeleyDB and Perl modules to build what I wanted. > Turns out my Perl 5.10.1 install was incompatible with BerkeleyDB on > OSX, but the macports version 5.8.9 was also in the wrong path, ugh. > > Finally, I said "hey, freebsd would do better here". > > Within a half day, I had a freebsd VMWare image up and running, > executing precisely the code I wanted, and I was able to take my > development to the next round. > > FreeBSD. The Ports Just Work. Nothing else like it. > Absolutely. Especially when you compare it to MacPorts and consider the disparity in numbers of users between MacOS and FreeBSD. Given that the ports is maintained by a bunch of volunteers basically in their spare time, the fact that it is consistently of good quality and that the popular packages are generally updated to the latest available versions within a couple of weeks -- frequently within a few hours -- it's a pretty astonishing accomplishment. Cheers, Matthew Mind you, I am vaguely starting to wonder when perl5.12 is going to hit the tree... - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwTMgsACgkQ8Mjk52CukIyLFgCeIck3R37I7mv+ZJZ64KH07jXH RSUAoJKY6aucSq+3ty+6By4P0xlkbivN =ZnT/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----