From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 5 17:32: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from erouter0.it-datacntr.louisville.edu (erouter0.it-datacntr.louisville.edu [136.165.1.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FC5137B405; Thu, 5 Jul 2001 17:31:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keith.stevenson@louisville.edu) Received: from osaka.louisville.edu (osaka.louisville.edu [136.165.1.114]) by erouter0.it-datacntr.louisville.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 278B411B7; Thu, 5 Jul 2001 20:31:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: by osaka.louisville.edu (Postfix, from userid 15) id BCB9018613; Thu, 5 Jul 2001 20:31:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 20:31:56 -0400 From: Keith Stevenson To: Greg Lehey Cc: Len Conrad , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: helping Wietse help postfix on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010705203156.C38703@osaka.louisville.edu> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20010703230504.02f8fe50@mail.Go2France.com> <20010705175538.C455@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010705175538.C455@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 05:55:38PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 05:55:38PM -0500, Greg Lehey wrote: > > What system does Wietse normally use? I've just discovered how very > badly Linux handles a large number of processes, and it's possible > that Wietse thinks that FreeBSD is as bad. Hundreds of processes are > not an issue; ftp.FreeBSD.org used to handle thousands. Before we fix > a problem, we should know what it is, and if it even exists. I'm joining in a bit late, but it's my understanding that Wietse develops postfix on an older FreeBSD system. He may have made some choice statements about FreeBSD, but his criticisms of Linux, especially the filesystems, are scorching. Regards, --Keith Stevenson-- -- Keith Stevenson System Programmer - Data Center Services - University of Louisville keith.stevenson@louisville.edu GPG key fingerprint = 332D 97F0 6321 F00F 8EE7 2D44 00D8 F384 75BB 89AE To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message