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Date:      Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:26:34 +0200
From:      Massimo Lusetti <massimo@cedoc.mo.it>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        peterjeremy@optushome.com.au, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, bushman@rsu.ru
Subject:   Re: [HEADS UP]: OpenLDAP+nss_ldap+nss_modules separated patch and more (SoC)
Message-ID:  <20060826122634.f85f8671.massimo@cedoc.mo.it>
In-Reply-To: <20060826055402.W43127@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <44E9582C.2010400@rsu.ru> <44ECBB7D.4090905@FreeBSD.org> <20060823205523.GB27961@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20060825220033.GC16768@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20060826055402.W43127@fledge.watson.org>

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On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:00:02 +0100 (BST)
Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> One of the strongest historical arguments for using *BSD as the base for 
[..]
> abandoning integrated revision control and building of the current system.

FWIW I would like to second this comment, and would extend that saying
that i feel lack of a DHCP server in the base.

> Sure, we can make the build-time construction of the system modular in a 
> cleaner and more comprehensive way, and provide better binary delivery 
> mechanisms that offer more of the build-time flexibility we already have to 
> the end-user.  But an argument to dismember the current system is a 
> non-starter.  If I wanted to try to build a complete and integrated system 
> from scratch, without any guarantees that the versions of the components had 
> been tested together, without an integrated build system, etc, I could always 
> use one of a thousand Linux distributions.  A self-standing buildworld out of 
> a single CVS checkout is one of our greatest strengths.

That's the first main reason why i moved to FreeBSD, six years ago.
Holy words!


Regards,
Massimo



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