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Date:      Sun, 13 Aug 2023 14:50:52 -0400
From:      Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>
To:        George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Lacking "arminess" (was Re: New FreeBSD snapshots available) (OFF TOPIC)
Message-ID:  <FB335FFB-0D19-4584-A588-D95935B0DA58@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <c8f6a198-997f-98d2-1cb5-9e0a10e0e591@m5p.com>
References:  <c8f6a198-997f-98d2-1cb5-9e0a10e0e591@m5p.com>

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Ship it!

Glen
Sent from my phone.
Please excuse my brevity and/or typos.

> On Aug 13, 2023, at 2:39 PM, George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> wrot=
e:
>=20
> =EF=BB=BFOn 8/11/23 23:15, Glen Barber wrote:
>> [...]
>> It was discovered that due to human error (my own) the arm64 are, as
>> Colin put it very politely, are "lacking 'arminess'".  So, unfortunately
>> the arm64 AMIs for 14.0-ALPHA1 are incorrectly uploaded as amd64.
>> [...]
> Many years ago, one member of M.I.T.'s Tech Model Railroad Club had the
> annoying habit of assembling his model airplanes in the clubroom.  Soon,
> the club enacted a rule banning all objects capable of sustained flight
> from the club for a period o ninety-nine years and one day.  Thereafter,
> it became established procedure for the club to issue reprimands by
> declaring certain people "capable of sustained flight."
>=20
> I now propose to express my displeasure with aspects of FreeBSD (which
> almost never happens, honestly!) by declaring them to "lack arminess."
>=20
> My thanks to Glen Barber and Colin for creating this terminology.
> -- George
>=20




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