Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 14:39:04 -0600 From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Current is currently really a mess (was: Re: Tk/Tcl broken(?)) Message-ID: <199708032039.OAA04677@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 03 Aug 1997 12:36:03 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.970803123352.3843D-100000@shell.uniserve.com>
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Hi, > > Ok, I could switch to -STABLE, but would loose SMP support. > > I think it possible to boot a SMP kernel on a 2.2-stable system. Some > kernel structures have changed, so there may be some impairment. Trying to run SMP on anything but 3.0 is a loosing situation. I dont think it is even possible. On the general issue of loosing ports-current, I must say it is a big negative for me. While it is true that I am "capable" of dealing with the things necessary to get some odd collection of code built and installed, the issue is TIME. For every hour I spend getting some utility I need working, its one hour less I spend programming SMP. I have always thought of the ports tree as a mechanism for conserving time. One person does the work to port code to FreeBSD, then encapsolates that work into a port. A HUGE time-savings for all those that follow who don't have to do it all over again. If we loose ports-current there will be a lot more hours spent by 3.0-current developers just getting the tools together they need. On the tcl beta issue, I think we're forgetting that tcl has always been a royal pain as far an the "version thing" is concerned. Every time I turn around I get bit by the wrong tcl header being in place. Tcl is a problem in and of itself that needs work. Having said all this I will live with it I suppose... I don't have the time to work on the ports tree, and thus can't make any demands. The people doing the work have to be the ones with the final word. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD
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