From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 1 19:46:24 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 0E100106566B; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 19:46:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (unknown [IPv6:2001:aa8:ffff:2::fff0:2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9670F8FC12; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 19:46:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q51JkLD4067401; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 21:46:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: (from lars@localhost) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q51JkLHM066234; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 21:46:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lars) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 21:46:21 +0200 From: Lars Engels To: Chris Rees Message-ID: <20120601194621.GA83046@e-new.0x20.net> References: <2730bd1bab4223e718193254cb8bbd60@dizum.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="gKMricLos+KVdGMg" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 X-Operation-System: FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p2 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org, Nomen Nescio 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 19:46:24 -0000 --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 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--