Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 15:56:58 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov, gryphon@healer.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@freebs.org Subject: Re: ports startup scripts Message-ID: <23960.812156218@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 26 Sep 1995 14:15:29 PDT." <199509262115.OAA08299@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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> With respect, the porting time required is proportional to the portability > of the code. The overhead is realtive to how clean the code base is in > the first place. With equal respect, "porting" a product for any ISV of reasonable size is a fair greater challenge than simply getting the software "running." The product needs to be separately QA'd and tech support needs to understand any issues particular to any given platform (and believe me, even for the same product on multiple platforms the tech support problem gets skewed by local configuration issues). If shipping on a new platform were like a calf roping contest where you're allowed to throw your hands up in victory after the calf's feet are well tangled, no matter now inelegant the knot, well then sure! :-) Jordan
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