Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:34:26 -0700 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@sigpipe.cz> Subject: Re: [SUGGEST] Reform eclipse and eclipse related ports Message-ID: <200510211834.28658.ringworm01@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200510211707.29223.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> References: <43522953.6050700@ebs.gr> <20051021235950.GB15030@isis.sigpipe.cz> <200510211707.29223.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
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On Friday 21 October 2005 17:07, Vizion wrote: > On Friday 21 October 2005 16:59, the author Roman Neuhauser contributed to > the dialogue on- > > Re: [SUGGEST] Reform eclipse and eclipse related ports: > ># linimon@lonesome.com / 2005-10-21 17:39:58 -0500: > >> On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 03:19:47PM -0700, Michael C. Shultz wrote: > >> > Seems like the quantity of ports available will eventually hit a > >> > plateau with the current two level directory structure. No one is > >> > afraid to update the basic OS when its needed, even when it means > >> > using an entirly different file system ( ie. UFS1 -=> 2 ), why be so > >> > scared when it comes to the ports system? > > Good point > > I know my opinion might be regarded as ecentric but, as I see it, the > community is spending far too much od its developmental resopurces on > advancing the operating system and far too little on bringing user > interfaces and convenience up to date. > > I see it as time to slow down on OS development and really focus on > bringing the operating system management to a level that accords with > comparable modern day standards. > I completely agree with slowing down on OS developement , it seems pointless to race for higher version numbers while problems remain with previous versions. As far as the ports system goes though, to date FreeBSD is way ahead of every other OS I've looked at IMO, of corse that is a poor excuse to stagnate. -Mike
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