From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 12 16:40:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AB3916A416 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:40:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67B8A43DB9 for ; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:39:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J7100F1Q7KHCI60@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:38:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.203.21.224]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with SMTP id <0J7100B9F7KH1MG1@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:38:41 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:38:40 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH In-reply-to: <20061012141930.41607.qmail@web33302.mail.mud.yahoo.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20061012183840.4313a679.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.9 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i386-portbld-freebsd5.5) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <20061012152206.cttnwklqb4s00s8g@webmail.leidinger.net> <20061012141930.41607.qmail@web33302.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Cc: danial_thom@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Performance 4.x vs. 6.x (was: e: [fbsd] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, 6.0 EoLs coming soon) 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: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:40:24 -0000 On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:19:30 -0700 (PDT) Danial Thom wrote: > Maybe its just time for the entire FreeBSD team > to come out of its world of delusion and come to > terms with what every real-life user of FreeBSD > knows: In how ever many years of development, > there is still no good reason to use anything > other than FreeBSD 4.x except that 4.x doesn't This statement is way too broad, I as a FreeBSD user can vouch for FreeBSD 6.x - it works in most situations. > The right thing to do is to port the SATA support > and new NIC support back to 4.x and support both. Go ahead - there is nothing stopping you. > Come to terms with it, > PLEASE, because it is the case and saying > otherwise won't change it. >From wher I'm sitting (and I'm just a FreeBSD user), it is you who have to come to terms with the annouced EOL for 4.x > My prediction is that a year from now we'll all > be using DragonflyBSD and you guys will be > looking for a new bunch of beta-test guinea pigs. We'll see. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway