Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 11:35:53 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> Cc: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@asme.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD Merger Announcement Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000310112943.13688L-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <v04220802b4ee6906bc73@[194.78.234.238]>
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On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Brad Knowles wrote: > 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. > No-no-no. 4.5BSD as in the 'again-unified' decendant of 4.4BSD. Possibly 5.0BSD if people want to signify a new start. But 'gratis' movement in versioning numbering imho sucks. > > 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. > Definately. The persons in question start a flame whenever they get close enough. Think of the mix of said persons of as say the mix of sawdust and liquid oxygen in a tight package 8-) > 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. > We can have it if we do the merging-in ourselves. It's just not overly realistic. > -- > 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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