Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 17:51:29 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Christopher Raven <c.raven@ukonline.co.uk> Cc: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Let's nail some things down. Message-ID: <4.1.19981029175105.00a08600@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <19981030091927.D5846@freebie.lemis.com> References: <4.1.19981029173248.00996ec0@genesis.ispace.com> <36385807.FEA163C0@ukonline.co.uk> <19981029101428.B25247@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810281808020.7221-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> <19981029124325.O25247@freebie.lemis.com> <36385807.FEA163C0@ukonline.co.uk> <19981030084416.Z25247@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981029173248.00996ec0@genesis.ispace.com>
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At 09:19 AM 10/30/98 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >On Thursday, 29 October 1998 at 17:33:14 -0500, Drew Baxter wrote: >> At 08:44 AM 10/30/98 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >>> On Thursday, 29 October 1998 at 11:56:55 +0000, Christopher Raven wrote: >>>> Greg Lehey wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, 28 October 1998 at 18:10:24 -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> It's too early to cast them in stone. In addition, we haven't looked >>>>>>> at the third category, the "not FreeBSD, but vendor supplies >>>>>>> installation aids for FreeBSD users". >>>>>> >>>>>> If the vendor built binaries for us and provides the install aids,then my >>>>>> vote is that that is still "Designed for". >>>>> >>>>> Then you're not providing any incentive for people to do a true >>>>> FreeBSD port. >>>>> >>>>>> Now that you have mentioned it. Perhaps "Designed for" is a bit >>>>>> presumptuous. Any better ideas? >>>>>> >>>>>> "FreeBSD Native" is good but perhaps nerdy. >>>>> >>>>> It's an idea. >>>> >>>> With a picture of the daemon in indian head dress? >>> >>> I suspect that some ethnic minorities could get quite upset about this >>> sort of thing. >>> >>> Greg >> >> That's why I said what I did.. I think sticking with the 2 for now would >> be logical. That's just me. > >My understanding was that we should drop the "will work if you try >hard enough" category. The "native" category is definitely the one we >want to keep. > >Greg Yeah.. That makes sense.. "Native" and "Works With" is how it should go.. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 http://www.droo.orland.me.us My Latest Kernel: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT (ONEEX) #14: Mon Oct 19 22:36:58 EDT 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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