From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 17:43:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E559D16A4CE for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:43:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from knight.ixsystems.net (afg.ixsystems.net [206.40.55.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6A1C43D49 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:43:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matto@knight.ixsystems.net) Received: from knight.ixsystems.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by knight.ixsystems.net (8.12.10/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i0H1XSjL093616; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:33:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matto@knight.ixsystems.net) Received: (from matto@localhost) by knight.ixsystems.net (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id i0H1XSoL093615; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:33:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matto) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:33:28 -0800 From: Matt Olander To: "Devon H. O'Dell" , freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040116173328.I91963@knight.ixsystems.net> References: <008001c3dc8a$624914a0$60d0fea9@workstation> <4008807B.5090105@sitetronics.com> <20040116162613.G91963@knight.ixsystems.net> <20040117000153.GA39482@pasternak.w.lub.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20040117000153.GA39482@pasternak.w.lub.pl>; from michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl on Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 01:01:54AM +0100 Subject: Re: Reply to V. Velox & questions about ``evangelism'' X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 01:43:39 -0000 On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 01:01:54AM +0100, Michal Pasternak wrote: > ... Gentoo Linux > ... pkgsrc > ... propably some more build systems I haven't heard of. > > >From Gentoo Linux user's perspective, Portage build system will be better, > than FreeBSD Ports, just because s/he will be able to rebuild whole system, > not only 3rd-part apps using single interface. good point. I've never tried it myself, but I've heard it's fairly cool if you're going to use linux. they don't anywhere near 10,000 ports though do they? does it actually compile from source? cheers, -matt > Other your points are very important, there aren't many opensource operating > systems, which provide such things. yeah, let's come up with some more. -- Matt Olander (408)943-4100 Phone (408)943-4101 Fax www.offmyserver.com -- "Those who don't read have no advantage over those who can't" -Mark Twain