From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 1 19:32:40 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E522C106566B for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 19:32:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6578B8FC0C for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 19:32:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkvi18 with SMTP id i18so2813298bkv.13 for ; Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:32:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=GtcB/XqPtCCg77mWvl98JiZZOkVKMpqHEGTRCjj+W08=; b=iuQjAIb7rXMea39KEw3vOZjpql+BcbDdKUJ4jEGWjRUryGcs8Iw8aHeGIhJkl7ktJt +O1MNA2HjHSIIuL6cbgjHfv2Rd81uqZPq/qV9EiV4a7ix/E2xznz8JDCDPodjk8Q5/DD k7kAfp99NfWpvT+zwdbD7yg80OyAjMEh5ZiMM+tfDrU0EAI6zQ+hK6zrXe04k+HYi7+2 kMtclUJH0fzo1kvRi0OZ2wZZePUvqfOPrV0ySpx0cUFMn0hibvroOk85Y+ec3chbTsxD wy0f1Qd0c3ehyTdqEzq6wXeEk6op8VpVjYWjJFMjm6R4fMCZvnJbHhTfnEfflDuR5XiW JWwQ== Received: by 10.204.145.89 with SMTP id c25mr2732724bkv.5.1338579159053; Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:32:39 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: utisoft@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.171.138 with HTTP; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 12:32:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2730bd1bab4223e718193254cb8bbd60@dizum.com> References: <2730bd1bab4223e718193254cb8bbd60@dizum.com> From: Chris Rees Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 20:32:08 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: JAjN4kLTtUB11wYbblK8qqqeHvc Message-ID: To: Nomen Nescio , stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:32:41 -0000 On 1 June 2012 16:20, Nomen Nescio wrote: >> Dear All , >> >> There is a thread >> >> "Why Are You Using FreeBSD ?" >> >> >> I think another thread with the specified subject =A0 '"Why Are You NOT = Using >> FreeBSD ?" may be useful : >> >> >> If you are NOT using FreeBSD for any area or some areas , would you plea= se >> list those areas with most important first to least important last ? > > 1. The X-org changeover a few years ago screwed up a FreeBSD installation= 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 instead = it > was done just in the ports with no version bump and no choice and no noti= ce > 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 an= d > received answer: yeah, I know it doesn't work on AMD64. 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. Chris