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[76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t3sm7165848ane.4.2012.12.20.07.07.07 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:07:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3YRxCG5tWCz2CG4D for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:07:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:07:05 -0500 From: Jerry To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dropbox on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20121220100705.2cf8c311@scorpio> In-Reply-To: References: <20121219080412.5396aeb6@scorpio> <874njimak6.fsf@Shanna.FStaals.net> <20121219092347.4cafd59d@scorpio> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQl1LqPYdqIbNcuFBY14xghcls6ewpcxPz5uop4ZRiFztqWWPz+AjjQdv5CI3W6oNX06s4zp X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:33:04 -0000 On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:45:13 +0000 Chris Rees articulated: > It needs porting to kevent. > > Someone may do it for payment, some may do it for fun, but no-one > will do it for you until you learn some manners. > > Or you could do it yourself. I have suggested several times that FreeBSD create a fund specifically for the hiring of professional programmers to take care of these edge problems. Or, in the case of poor support for quality wireless devices, a team devoted to creating drivers for them. Other OSs have gone this route to varying degrees with good success. However, FreeBSD continues to lag behind. The FreeBSD team seems more interested in bumping major version numbers than creating a fully functional OS. In my opinion, version 9 is really nothing more than version 7.x. Since I figured out how to make Dropbox work with the files in question on my FreeBSD box just fine from an MS Windows machine, I am no longer interested in getting a native FreeBSD version of Drobbox; although, I do think it would be a worthwhile endeavor nevertheless. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. 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