Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:25:18 +0000 From: Baldur Gislason <baldur@foo.is> To: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What can FreeBSD learn from Mac OS X? Message-ID: <20020830072544.69D3727A0@tesla.foo.is> In-Reply-To: <p05111b0eb9944f21ee6f@[192.168.254.205]> References: <p05111b0eb9944f21ee6f@[192.168.254.205]>
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make world > * Each FreeBSD release is, in essence, a new install. The user is > given a bit of help with /etc and such, but is required to figure > out more than a few things for him/herself. > > There is no reason why each release shouldn't have detailed notes > (and, preferably, conversion scripts) to assist the administrator > in making the needed adjustments. > > * Mac OS X has specifically opted to put as much as possible into > dynamic shared libraries. This lets them upgrade the behavior of > the entire system, simply by upgrading the code in the libraries. > > * Each FreeBSD release completely supplants the one(s) before it. By > the time a release is a year old, it's toast: no patches, no support. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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