Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 19:23:34 -0900 From: Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org> To: Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BIND REPLACE_BASE option Message-ID: <CA%2BE3k90szEN3No0r25UUU4F28f4AXr7Ug1L=w9FVbOUo-tbYhA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <11d7a317963ba0a1a0223a24bcde55e1@ultimatedns.net> References: <D029D964D3A96A570922090C@ogg.in.absolight.net> <ee422bd630292fe6f7bc5439799667de@lhaven.homeip.net> <2A3ABE9AE68B3CE8E1B7C1A1@ogg.in.absolight.net> <20150113163325.3A8FCBDC24@prod2.absolight.net> <67897B782F897C2A66FCD458@atuin.in.mat.cc> <20150113233952.BF862BDC24@prod2.absolight.net> <B5BC1F9B1E9B32C89F11B397@atuin.in.mat.cc> <20150114031155.572A5529@hub.freebsd.org> <11d7a317963ba0a1a0223a24bcde55e1@ultimatedns.net>
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On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 7:15 PM, Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 19:11:50 -0800 (PST) Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> > wrote > >> > The dialog option you talk about says: >> > [ ] REPLACE_BASE EOL, no longer supported >> > I'm quite sure the end-user you're talking about can get a clue from it, >> > and if he either already had selected it before, or he just selected it, he >> > will get: >> > ===> bind99-9.9.6P1_3 REPLACE_BASE is no longer supported. >> > The end-user can then get another clue and maybe unselect it. >> >> Maybe you're right but, to perhaps better illustrate the point, you would >> never see something like this in Ubuntu, Debian, Redhat, or SuSE. > Honestly. Need I remind you, this is FreeBSD, *not* Linux? > In all honesty, I am *not* pleased with the current efforts to > turn the FreeBSD motto "The Power to Serve" into > "FreeBSD, it's the new Linux". But I [begrudgingly] understand the > inclination to do so. The Power to Serve can only be brought to bear if a small-shop sysadmin isn't afraid to touch their ports. > That said. While I understand your inclination to think FreeBSD > must somehow be broken, when it doesn't operate as you're accustomed > with Linux. This is FreeBSD, after all, and as hard as everyone works > to eliminate the element of surprise, this is still FreeBSD. > So celebrate the difference. Don't curse it, or more importantly; > it's hard working developers. :) None of this is intended to disparage the teams. Royce
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