Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 14:25:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: Jeremy Lea <reg@shale.csir.co.za> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, mozilla@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Happy... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9809271422580.247-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <19980925012610.A3563@shale.csir.co.za>
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On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Jeremy Lea wrote: [...] > <rant style="Off-topic"> > I think the FreeBSD project is evil. It makes it almost impossible to work > with other 'open source' projects, because of the clarity and quality of > the source, build system and CVS logs. > > The mozilla tree seems to have no less than five build systems. Four > homegrown config.mk directories, plus autoconf. Not one build option is > documented, and there are about 200 of them. CVS logs have informative > messages like "first checkin", "spanked" and "privte branch landing" > (sometimes for changes to 100+ files). And jwz says that Netscape stifles creativity :p > Does anyone have a spare copy of the Bruce Filter to send them... Ask Bruce. I'm sure it's SIGABRT on them tho ;) > PS. If anyone wants a nice easy way to trigger the inetd realloc bug, try > building a debug static mozilla with 64MB RAM and 140MB swap. 78MB > executable :) Masochists can try loading it in gdb. No, masochists can try running it on a 386 with 400mb swap across 2 80mb IDE hdds and 2 200mbs, and 8mb ram, and did I mention the old no-name video card bundled with a cheap glazed doughnut to power X :) - alex | "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern | | technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." | | Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org/ | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mozilla" in the body of the messagehome | help
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