Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 15:22:10 -0400 From: Omar Thameen <omar@clifford.inch.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: unsolicited compliment Message-ID: <20010704152210.A24816@clifford.inch.com>
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Every once in a while I think back to the summer after 9th grade and thank my mother for strongly encouraging me to learn how to type. She didn't insist on much, and despite my resistance, she made me sit down for 20 minutes a day to learn to touch type. Back then, I didn't know I'd be working in the Internet industry, but every couple of months, I think about how much time I save and how grateful I am to have had the benefit of her foresight. I feel the same way about the FreeBSD ports system. It's beautiful, and the maintainers are outstanding. Years ago, back in my days before FreeBSD, I can remember the struggles of getting programs to compile, then trying to track down all the darned dependencies to get them to run, then having to make millions of decisions about where to put all the files without feeling like I'm barfing all over my system. Now, I type "make" and watch the components download, the port magically taking care to install all the necessary dependencies while making sound decisions about where to put the supporting cast of files. I sit back with a smile of satisfaction, watching the port compile, and feeling gratitude to those who had the foresight to devise the ports system, and to those who maintain their ports for all of our benefit. Thank you, and keep up the good work! Warm regards, Omar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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