Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 04:35:46 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More 961006-SNAP comments Message-ID: <21791.844860946@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 09 Oct 1996 05:02:06 BST." <199610090402.FAA02243@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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> 1. I tried to build a new kernel, and the build produces a ton of > warnings about unused parameters, signed/unsigned comparisons, and You should read this list - all of this is old and musty news at this point and previously discussed to death. :-) > 2. I copied parts of the distribution on a local partition and completed > the install at a later time. The progress line reports a speed of > ~30 KB/s (and even lower when there is a kernel build going on). > I can't figure out why it is so slow, even if the disk heads are Hmmm. Me neither! > 3. there is a "locate.pl" file in /sys/pci. leftover from something ? Evidently it's in the tree for some reason. > 4. since there is a nice mouse support in text mode now (and I am > enjoying it more and more) it could be the case to try to exploit > it in the installation process. Don't know how hard would it be to > integrate it into the current code. Very. Forget it. :-) If you're up to hacking libdialog, that's great, but don't look at me. It's too crufty in there. > 5. In the install menu, when I try to select "Media" to select a > different FTP server, it does not allow me to do so. I have to Yeah, I just figured out a better way of doing this too so that you get more what you'd expect. Will fix. > From what I have seen this far, there appears not to be functional > problems in the code, but perhaps some "youth" problems in the install > code. Maybe it's worth waiting the next snap before putting things on a > CD ? I think so, actually, especially as I'd *really like* to get the userconfig saving stuff working. The network snaps I don't feel too guilty about re-rolling every other week since the whole concept is supposed to be about testing, not conserving network bandwidth. :-) Jordan
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