From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 11 13:17:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D96C106564A for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:17:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f47.google.com (mail-qw0-f47.google.com [209.85.216.47]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF3528FC18 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:17:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qabj40 with SMTP id j40so4155056qab.13 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:17:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=xSBMBjIopYto/rZ3M+sp1IyZ+SM16z1zruP59By+BpE=; b=okdikF9K7WJfRm1o+EIB4YybOh6VjzB/GEKKXypUgIjhnrPsPrzs+amqT01gyRxXwH ORlIKMN64CXXl2enwEeTZoEktoivoqUPfyjmDhWigJbsdnU3Ih52rdclF+lQmMS4A4pS PXmhFT6TklAy4uWYI/bSdLJXw59E/yST/J+vg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.183.15 with SMTP id ce15mr8493226qab.42.1321017472191; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:17:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.73.195 with HTTP; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:17:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <2171368.58yxYs0Lbv@funbeast> References: <2171368.58yxYs0Lbv@funbeast> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:17:52 -0500 Message-ID: From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Chuck Burns Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Use of newest version number such as 10.0 instead of current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:17:53 -0000 On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Chuck Burns wrote: > On Friday, November 11, 2011 07:29:46 AM Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > -(snipped stuff)- > > > This is preventing testing and / or using efforts . > > > > > > I know , it is possible to rename local link names , but > > everyone is not so much knowledgeable . > > > > > > > > Thank you very much . > > > > Mehmet Erol Sanliturk > > Quite honestly, if someone isn't that knowledgeable, then they probably > shouldn't be running current. In fact, the handbook even states that. I > don't > really see an issue here. -current is a bleeding edge development release, > that must be built from source, and SHOULD always point to the latest > source > code. > My sentence is NOT about "Current" , but 9.0 RC1 . Perhaps , you will NOT say , if a person is NOT knowledgeable , he should NOT use 9.0 RC1 . > > If you are using pkg_add -r to install software, on anything but > release versions, you should expect breakage. > > If you do not wish to build from source, then you should probably stick to > release versions. > > Chuck Burns > Up to now , my most disappointed situation is that , there is NO any tendency to lower required expertise level to use FreeBSD . Such an approach is confining FreeBSD to a small number of elite users when compared to millions of Linux users let alone hundred millions of some other operating systems which they are approaching to billions when version users are summed in spite of paying money also . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk