Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 21:46:21 +0200 From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> To: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org, Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20120601194621.GA83046@e-new.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <CADLo838vpbVP3caXG7LF7st4inWnMLi5zB3U1hD2dkXwf8ZLBg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOgwaMvsv3e1TxDauV038Pp7LRiYeH7oAODE%2Bw-pxHt9oGrXMA@mail.gmail.com> <2730bd1bab4223e718193254cb8bbd60@dizum.com> <CADLo838vpbVP3caXG7LF7st4inWnMLi5zB3U1hD2dkXwf8ZLBg@mail.gmail.com>
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--gKMricLos+KVdGMg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 08:32:08PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote: > On 1 June 2012 16:20, Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote: > >> Dear All , > >> > >> There is a thread > >> > >> "Why Are You Using FreeBSD ?" > >> > >> > >> I think another thread with the specified subject =C2=A0 '"Why Are You= NOT Using > >> FreeBSD ?" may be useful : > >> > >> > >> If you are NOT using FreeBSD for any area or some areas , would you pl= ease > >> list those areas with most important first to least important last ? > > > > 1. The X-org changeover a few years ago screwed up a FreeBSD installati= on I > > had been using so badly I never trusted FreeBSD's rolling update ports > > system again. That should have been a major FreeBSD release, but instea= d it > > was done just in the ports with no version bump and no choice and no no= tice > > unless you read the fine print. > > > > 2. Broken ports galore. Much of the stuff I wanted broke on AMD64 after > > downloading tarballs for hours. Not good. Contacted package maintainer = and > > received answer: yeah, I know it doesn't work on AMD64. >=20 > That is unacceptable. Submit a PR next time you find something like > that-- ports that are broken on an arch should be marked as such so > people don't waste their time as you have been made to. I guess he made his experiences with that some years ago when support for amd64 in the ports was not very mature. But this has changed since then, apart from a few ports almost all of them should work on amd64 without problems. --gKMricLos+KVdGMg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk/JHA0ACgkQKc512sD3afh3fACgqec0/kj2Nb7RxnQEjVq8S2vE cigAoK5UTjgijk+OlzlRIw32i28hfQPL =a256 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gKMricLos+KVdGMg--
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