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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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