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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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> I guess it's just psychological. If you are not "current" with
> FreeBSD, you're obviously outdated. Given the pressure society puts
> today on being, how should I put it?, "avant-guard", it's no wonder
> that people get frustrated being unable to be "current".

Actually, if you do your development relative to anything other than
-current, unless youare comitter, your patches will never be able to
cleanly apply.  Thus if you are a coder, there is a strong incentive
to stay -current.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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