Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:51:30 -0800 From: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The beastie boot menu. Message-ID: <20041130145130.0aa893f1.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <p06002035bdd1f81925dd@[10.0.1.3]> References: <20041129024602.GA23324@turingmachine.mentalsiege.net> <1101748454.41ab58e61eb88@imp2-q.free.fr> <FA1860B97FADCA625C68119A@[192.168.1.16]> <1101788709.41abf62519b57@imp2-q.free.fr> <20041130002603.692153b7.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> <p06002035bdd1f81925dd@[10.0.1.3]>
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:24:40 +0100 Brad Knowles <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org> wrote: > At 12:26 AM -0800 2004-11-30, Chris Pressey wrote: > > Highest performance? Most stable? > > Easiest to use? Most featureful? Fewest bugs? > > Yes. OK, then someone in charge should write that down, as part of the official docs, assuming core agrees. > > Most accessible? > > What do you mean "accessible"? And by whom? Do you mean > handicapped-friendly? Do you mean moron-resistant? > > > Most > > conformant > > to standards? > > Which standards? > > > Plays nicest with other OSes? > > What do you mean by "nicest"? Which other OSes? Maybe all, maybe none - the answers to those questions are all up to TPTB to decide and make explicit. > > Largest package system? > > That's a side-effect, not a direct goal. It could quite easily be a goal if it's what the project leaders want. > [...] > I would think that the term "power" would be pretty obvious. I would disagree; it's certainly open to far more interpretation than, say, "fastest" would be. "Powerful" certainly doesn't mean "stable" or "correct" in the dialect of English that I use - can I assume then that these two goals would take a backseat to that of raw performance? (If yes, write it down; if no, write _that_ down... all I'm saying is, stating *some* philosophy will put the project in a better position than just assuming it's obvious and hoping everyone else has made the same assumptions that they have.) > [...] > I'm sorry, I just don't see the source of confusion. I don't > see the floundering. Do you follow cvs-src@? -Chris
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