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Subject: Re: Upgrading to 7.0 - stupid requirements
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Dick Hoogendijk wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:43:20 -0500
> "Kevin K" <kkutzko@teksavvy.com> wrote:
> 
>> No one is forcing you to upgrade.
> 
> Head in the sand reaction.
> I think the guy is right.
> The upgrade proces and constant rebuilding of ports made me switch in
> the end after years of using freeBSD. My computer is fast, but I want
> to use it for someting useful iso compiling and compiling and..

Uh, we have had precompiled package support for over a decade now.  Did 
you really not know about it?!

Kris