From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 6 14:34:21 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 22DF6747; Fri, 6 Jun 2014 14:34:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shepard.synsport.net (mail.synsport.com [208.69.230.148]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47F682784; Fri, 6 Jun 2014 14:34:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.22] (unknown [130.255.19.191]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by shepard.synsport.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D226C43B4A; Fri, 6 Jun 2014 09:33:57 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <5391D145.3000301@marino.st> Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 16:33:41 +0200 From: John Marino Reply-To: marino@freebsd.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Schmehl , marino@freebsd.org, Alfred Perlstein , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Who was the mental genius References: <20140605211831.GA90310@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> <5390E62E.6090807@madpilot.net> <6CEF0183772C97582B196466@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <539130B3.9030604@freebsd.org> <8CA324878D330942AB8AE0B3@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <5391611A.3090406@marino.st> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 14:34:21 -0000 On 6/6/2014 16:19, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On June 6, 2014 at 8:35:06 AM +0200 John Marino > I have no idea why you've decided to assume the role of preacher and > tell me what to do, but I can assure you that you are completely > ignorant of the circumstances behind my complaints. They have > absolutely nothing to do with my professional position. That doesn't excuse your first post or any after it. > Regarding your comment about EOL, one thing has been almost constant > throughout my professional career. When a system goes EOL it isn't > deliberately broken by the vendor. The system will happily hum along > and function for years after EOL without problems. Breaking something > as vital as the ports system without proper warning is not a way to win > converts to your platform or to retain those who have used it for a long > time. The situation already been clearly explained to you. EOL has a clear definition. > Again. I think FreeBSD is a great OS. It's the only Unix platform I > use (and I've tried them all, trust me.) It saddens me to see it losing > market share because of tone deaf development processes that ignore the > end user. If I didn't give a shit, I wouldn't have complained. Yes, if indeed it is losing market share, that is why. > Your reference to Microsoft is laughable. I haven't done support or > admin work on a Windows platform in more than sixteen years. Whoosh. > As for your idiotic advice, not everyone in the world has the > wherewithal to "install some mirrors in your house", but my > recommendation to you would be to look in the ones at your house before > you ignorantly criticize others. Said the guy titling his post, "Who is the mental genius?" It was lost on you, so again more clearly: Any issue you suffered as a result of intentionally or negligently ignoring EOL is your own fault, so stop blaming others. Since I am not blaming others for my failings, why do I need to install mirrors in my house? Another nonsense gem from Paul Schmehl. John