From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 6 01:22:20 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 880021065672 for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 01:22:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from monthadar@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CB6A8FC14 for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 01:22:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb32 with SMTP id 32so3759907wyb.13 for ; Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:22:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=TmtC7CQi0lDcLEoV9abeXgOrVyMnxKdKff+LsWXC6Gk=; b=UkGKgf326Xzd3fJ8erigKyT+kbBbgReF2SltOEjC4tsRb6NjxOOKOG6yCpQS2NuBgb 7WD2wbiukUowbhHJf1FyZyrPvJnfFO56ouCWnm/ZNWF1YbklhdL/XdKF23ZaDl0vnY/W LTOZwlCE+iK0wdGR0QylTkCjcM+HUE37npfzg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=LvL+NuMM72gyLGKIAbRBpzG/Hw3EdIUrsMssDVrHQEYcYAzBYtbD4eF+ae4Gf9i+3m ODPL10DxUZII4jr/mI9K9ELBNzk34j0ICtOtVM4OTMG51avX3rDWR4FWBPuL4o+UOK3o vjYkVbPZ8J44oIKAOG6N2wed7c+1GWssjwTvY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.63.130 with SMTP id b2mr860905wbi.96.1299373164418; Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:59:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.227.143.207 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 16:59:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 01:59:24 +0100 Message-ID: From: Monthadar Al Jaberi To: Nerius Landys Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Introduce myself and question about getting CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:22:20 -0000 Welcome Nerius, hope you enjoy your ride =3D) You can start with download a snapshot of current from: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ caontains monthly iso, I use FreeBSD-9.0-CURRENT-201101-i386-dvd1.iso. br, On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Nerius Landys wrote: > Hi guys, I'd like to contribute to the FreeBSD community by testing > and programming a little in the coming months/years. =A0I'm a > mathematician from Berkeley (B.S.), I have been using FreeBSD for > about 5 years (on a router and on 2 servers) and I come from a strong > programming background (12+ years). =A0I'm also currently involved with > some other open source projects such as GtkRadiant, which is a map > editor for Quake 3 engine games. =A0An issue in FreeBSD that I'm > interested in looking into in the short run is the ath wireless driver > situation (I've already contacted Adrian). =A0The two particular issues > with the ath driver that I'm currently having may very well already be > resolved in CURRENT, so I'm about to test that. > > Anyhow, first things are first. =A0I need to get CURRENT. =A0So, what is > the preferred way to get CURRENT on your system? =A0I'm very familiar > with the whole buildkernel/buildworld mechanism and I intend to > compile CURRENT from source on a continual basis. =A0The only question I > have about this is, is the upgrade 8.2 -> CURRENT a supported upgrade > that will work fairly well? =A0Or are there some CD image ISOs available > for a relatively recent CURRENT? =A0Basically, I'm about to install > CURRENT on a new system that will be used for testing and development, > and don't know the preferred way to do this. > > - Nerius "Rambetter" Landys > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " > --=20 //Monthadar Al Jaberi