From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 5 17:35: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from sneakerz.org (sneakerz.org [216.33.66.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BF0237B401; Thu, 5 Jul 2001 17:35:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@sneakerz.org) Received: by sneakerz.org (Postfix, from userid 1092) id 725B55D01F; Thu, 5 Jul 2001 19:34:50 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 19:34:50 -0500 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Keith Stevenson Cc: Greg Lehey , Len Conrad , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: helping Wietse help postfix on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010705193450.B79818@sneakerz.org> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20010703230504.02f8fe50@mail.Go2France.com> <20010705175538.C455@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> <20010705203156.C38703@osaka.louisville.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20010705203156.C38703@osaka.louisville.edu>; from keith.stevenson@louisville.edu on Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 08:31:56PM -0400 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 * Keith Stevenson [010705 19:32] wrote: > 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. Where can one read his criticisms? -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] Ok, who wrote this damn function called '??'? And why do my programs keep crashing in it? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message