Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 20:19:39 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: jamil@acroal.com (J. Weatherbee - Senior Systems Architect) Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, jasone@canonware.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OS Ports Message-ID: <199712110119.UAA01319@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971210170059.26293C-100000@acroal.com> from "J. Weatherbee - Senior Systems Architect" at "Dec 10, 97 05:05:53 pm"
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
J. Weatherbee - Senior Systems Architect said: > > Boy I got flamed for that remark, my point was that if he is going to do a > port of FreeBSD and it is going to be meaningful it needs to be stable > (Theyv'e already got a Linux port for SPARCS). I'm not saying that > -current is not stable, maybye what I am trying to say is that he needs > both. Anyway do you want everyone using SPARC FreeBSD to be running > -current? > Anyway your in for a big project. > I am definitely not flaming you, but -current is stable enough as a base. There will be improvements and enhancements along the way. If we started with -stable, it is unlikely that the Sparc port would ever catch up to the X86 port. -- John dyson@freebsd.org jdyson@nc.com
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199712110119.UAA01319>