From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 18 10:30:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA10927 for current-outgoing; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 10:30:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from snail.slow.net (lancelot@slow.net [207.139.115.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA10907 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 10:30:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lancelot@slow.net) Received: from localhost (lancelot@localhost) by snail.slow.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA07337; Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:30:53 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from lancelot@slow.net) Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:30:51 -0500 (EST) From: Sire Lancelot du Lac To: Nate Williams cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD description in the UNIX FAQ In-Reply-To: <199712181616.JAA16463@mt.sri.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, Nate Williams wrote: > 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 > All this is very interesting and I admire what the patchkit did for all of us back in the days of 386BSD, but my point was this: Can someone from the core team write a new description for FreeBSD and submit it to the maintainer of the UNIX FAQ (tmatimar@isgtec.com). Many UNIX newbies will start by reading this FAQ and right now, FreeBSD looks like just a patch on jolitz' work. Free advertising is a Good Thing(tm) for FreeBSD. Happy holidays to the core-team and all FreeBSD contributors! Thanks again for a great OS! -- Christian Doucet lancelot@slow.net work: +1 514 728 1618 Freelance "Sysadmin-Programmer-UNIX-Internet" guru! home: +1 514 728 1618 This sentance has threee errors. -- trurl@yakko.nceye.net "Quotes are no ones' friend" -- xyg (jbl133@psu.edu)