Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 13:42:39 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> To: Nicolas Blais <nicblais@videotron.ca> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP!!! -CURRENT libtool problem. Message-ID: <66021.931207359@zippy.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Jul 1999 16:04:46 EDT." <37810FDD.C1321FE7@videotron.ca>
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> Hi. I've finally installed FreeBSD 4.0 and to tell you the truth, I'm > not very impressed. I was expecting some bugs but not like that... I don't see a problem with FreeBSD 4.0 so much as a problem with someone jumping beyond their abilities. :) Please, go back to 3.2-STABLE. 4.0-CURRENT is a *development* version and you're expected to understand how to deal with things like applications breakage (including how to recompile libtool and any other components you may need) before doing anything as rash as running 4.0-current. I'm also sure this response will probably scare a few people off and garner stern rebukes from the newbie hand-holding folks, but it's honestly always been the case that -current is NOT for anyone but the advanced class students and we like it that way because we'd otherwise spend more time coaching people over the bumps than we did in actually working on -current and evolving FreeBSD significantly at all. Think of -current as an operating room where surgeons are actively working on a patient under anaesthesia - do you really want just anybody wandering in there to ask the doctors random questions while they work or do you maybe want to limit participation to only those with some prior medical training? I also make this point now and with such force because various signs and portents indicate that -current is about to become a dangerous place again for awhile, and a lot of people who really don't have the cojones to run -current are going to find this out rather abruptly and painfully. :-) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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