Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 22:33:18 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@ofw.fi> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing Sendmail Message-ID: <20030402203318.GB971@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030402232853.4d218710.dan.naumov@ofw.fi> References: <3E8B093D.4010500@liwing.de> <XFMail.20030402142930.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20030402195640.GA318@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20030402232853.4d218710.dan.naumov@ofw.fi>
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On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 11:28:53PM +0300, Dan Naumov wrote: > On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 21:56:40 +0200 > Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 02:29:30PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > > > > > I find an odd situation here whenever this topic comes up. One the > > > one hand, people are always wanting to split the entire base system > > > up into small packages for each little piece of the base. On the > > > other hand, one of FreeBSD's selling points in real-world > > > environments is that it doesn't have a bunch of little packages for > > > the base system like Linux distros. Do people really prefer > > > something like having rpm's for /bin/ps to having one lump base dist > > > for all of /bin, /sbin, etc.? > > > > <Barf><Puke> One of the worst mis-features of Linux in my book. > > I think being able to update just about ANYTHING, except the kernel > without the need for a reboot is one of the best features of Linux and > actual advantages it has over FreeBSD. Then go and run Linux. I like my FreeBSD bikeshed better ;) -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte
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