Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 09:58:27 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> To: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> Cc: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@asme.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD Merger Announcement Message-ID: <v04220802b4ee6906bc73@[194.78.234.238]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000310102326.13688K-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000310102326.13688K-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
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At 10:27 AM +0200 2000/3/10, Narvi wrote: > Go 4.5BSD, Go! No, that would probably have to be more like 6.0BSD, because FreeBSD 5.0 is going to be the merged FreeBSD & BSD/OS codebase. > Anybody involved for even slightly more than shortly has probably seen a > flamewar or two. Even if they have become much more rare than they used to > be (a good thing). My understanding is that this has gone *way* beyond a flamewar, and has gotten intensely personal. We're talking serious threats of bodily harm. If we can find a way to put this behind us, or work around this problem, then I think there may be a chance that we could actually potentially see a merged codebase from all the major members of the *BSD family. -- These are my opinions and should not be taken as official Skynet policy ========================================================================= Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> Sys. Arch., Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin Note: No Microsoft programs were used in the creation or distribution of this message. If you are using a Microsoft program to view this message, be forewarned that I am not responsible for any harm you may encounter as a result. See <http://i-want-a-website.com/about-microsoft/twelve-step.html>; for details. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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