From owner-freebsd-current Tue Oct 29 11:53: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 209CD37B401 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:53:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail17.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.217]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9D5B43E75 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:52:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 15024 invoked from network); 29 Oct 2002 19:53:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail17.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 29 Oct 2002 19:53:04 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9TJqun5092409; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 14:52:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20021029194512.GA58126@ruminary.org> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 14:52:56 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: clark shishido Subject: Re: questions about the state of current Cc: current@freebsd.org, Raymond Kohler Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 29-Oct-2002 clark shishido wrote: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 11:40:53AM -0700, Raymond Kohler wrote: >> 1) How is the speed compared to stable? I remember it being just too slow some months ago and >> was wondering how it was improving. >> >> 2) Are the random hangs in X fixed yet? I can put up with a few issues (it is current, after >> all), but that's just too much to bear. >> >> 3) Are there any Very Important Packages (mozilla, kde, &c) that won't build or refuse to work >> right? >> > > I started using current a couple months ago, I just rebuilt the big three > (world, XFree86, mozilla) last week after the latest gcc import. Speed > difference with 4-STABLE on a PIII 866 is not very noticable. > > If I was reading the threads correctly they trace the X crashes back to > a floating point error. > > I hear kde is broken, mozilla compiled cleanly so some gtk stuff is OK. > (Sorry I don't use the full gnome suite either). > > I lost a filesystem on my current disk a month ago so make sure you > use current on another disk. I compiled kde3 a week or so ago on my laptop running -current and it is now my new desktop, so I think reports of kde being totally hosed are a bit exagerated or perhaps dated. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message