Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 10:26:16 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Eric Ogren <eogren@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/18683: Insufficient detail in /usr/src/UPDATING instruc Message-ID: <20000520142528.KWQH22611.mail.rdc1.va.home.com@john.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <200005200230.TAA61531@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On 20-May-00 Eric Ogren wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/18683; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Eric Ogren <eogren@earthlink.net> > To: alex@wnm.net > Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: docs/18683: Insufficient detail in /usr/src/UPDATING instructions > Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 22:30:21 -0400 > > Personally, I do not think that this change should be made. If a user > does not know enough about FreeBSD to know how to mount their partitions > from single-user mode, ***they should not be upgrading via source***. > I have said this many times, and I will re-iterate it again: if users are > not experienced, they should *only* use binary snapshots to upgrade. People have to start somewhere, and if we are going to grow our userbase, we will have to appeal to more newbies. There's more to making a widely used OS than writing code. :-) > I am of course not a committer, but I felt like I should log my > objections anyway. :) > > Eric -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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