From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 18 08:17:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA29165 for current-outgoing; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 08:17:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA29083 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 08:17:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA17289; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 09:16:59 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA16463; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 09:16:52 -0700 Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 09:16:52 -0700 Message-Id: <199712181616.JAA16463@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Terry Lambert Cc: jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com, lancelot@slow.net, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD description in the UNIX FAQ In-Reply-To: <199712180909.CAA07915@usr06.primenet.com> References: <19971217202231.02056@mooseriver.com> <199712180909.CAA07915@usr06.primenet.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert writes: > > > FreeBSD: 386bsd 0.1 with the patchkit applied, and many updated > > > utilities. > > > -- > > > As a description of my favorite OS. > > > Maybe it's time for an update, i almost forgot what the patchkit was like. > > > > Try to forget. In comparison with FreeBSD today the patchkit was like doing > > your own dental work without the benefit of drugs > > Hey! I wrote the patchkit! Be kind! Hey, you only build the patches 'once' and didn't have to deal with it on a regular basis. But, kudos do indeed go to Terry for at least getting us started down the road to more 'organized' patches, which up till that point had been pretty random. Nate