Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 12:42:03 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: dannyman <dannyman@dannyland.org>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd vs. linux and NT chart Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990303123957.22508E-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990302183847.00a22f00@localhost>
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On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > True. But since the newest versions of the ports are all in ELF format, > what you'll get will be old. What you will get is ports that were stable at that time, which seems to be your goal. You say "... I don't need the bleeding edge, current blah blah", then you say "... what you'll get will be old". Make up your mind. > Again, there ought to be a way to get the most up-to-date ports for any > RELEASE version that's up to a year old. There also ought to be a paid staff of 2000 people maintaining said ports. We don't always get what we want, but the ports system as it stands now is the best compromise. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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