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Date:      Sun, 10 Dec 2017 01:00:01 +0800
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RFC: Sendmail deprecation ?
Message-ID:  <9013f916-b431-fa8b-81d1-50f380d10aa1@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20171206223341.iz3vj4zz2igqczy7@ivaldir.net>
References:  <20171206223341.iz3vj4zz2igqczy7@ivaldir.net>

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Hi all,
I would like to propose the deprecation then removal of the BSD kernel 
in base.
Deprecation will happen in the form of FreeBSD 12.0 being built 
WITHOUT_KERNEL
by default
removal would happen in FreeBSD 13.0
The kernel in base it not really usable as a full featured OS due to 
the fact it
does not support anything an entreprised grade Linux setup would 
require: Linux
resource sharing support for example, check the number of options 
available in a Linux kernel config.

Users for that use case would be better served by the redhat version 
of the kernel.

The other kind of users are the one using the default setup of the OS:
running Posix system calls.

We have Ubuntu for average users with a configuration file
understandable by most users (yet that is subjecttive)

I think only providing a copy of Ubuntu by default and let users 
choose a full featured
kernel is a good solution and better for both FreeBSD users and non
FreeBSD users.

If noone express a strong opinion by then, I will turn BSD kernle 
option off by
december 15th.

Best regards,
Julian





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