Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 23:28:53 +0300 From: Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@ofw.fi> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing Sendmail Message-ID: <20030402232853.4d218710.dan.naumov@ofw.fi> In-Reply-To: <20030402195640.GA318@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <3E8B093D.4010500@liwing.de> <XFMail.20030402142930.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20030402195640.GA318@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 21:56:40 +0200 Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 02:29:30PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > > > I find an odd situation here whenever this topic comes up. One the > > one hand, people are always wanting to split the entire base system > > up into small packages for each little piece of the base. On the > > other hand, one of FreeBSD's selling points in real-world > > environments is that it doesn't have a bunch of little packages for > > the base system like Linux distros. Do people really prefer > > something like having rpm's for /bin/ps to having one lump base dist > > for all of /bin, /sbin, etc.? > > <Barf><Puke> One of the worst mis-features of Linux in my book. I think being able to update just about ANYTHING, except the kernel without the need for a reboot is one of the best features of Linux and actual advantages it has over FreeBSD. Sincerely, -- Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@ofw.fi>
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