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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