From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri May 17 07:07:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA18980 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 17 May 1996 07:07:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA18968 for ; Fri, 17 May 1996 07:07:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id IAA26980; Fri, 17 May 1996 08:07:01 -0600 Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 08:07:01 -0600 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199605171407.IAA26980@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: "Richard Wackerbarth" Cc: "Nate Williams" , "FreeBSD Hackers" Subject: Re: Re(2): Re(2): Standard Shipping Containers - A Proposal for Distributing FreeBSD In-Reply-To: References: Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I also don't consider the current system a problem. Thousands of folks are > able to get the sources today, and I actually think that the current scheme > tends to make sure that folks who get the newest sources have the ability to > deal with them, vs. giving them to the 'masses' when they aren't in a state > that they can handle. > > > Both -current and -stable are moving targets, and should only be used by > more competent people. If you aren't competent enough to figure out SUP > and/or CTM as it is currently, use the SNAPS or wait for the CD. > > I'll take another shot at that comment. It is no wonder the Linux is more > popular. I'm glad that Jordan doesn't adopt your "keep it hard to do" > attitude. I never once said 'keep it hard'. What I implied was 'don't make it annoyingly easy' since it'll simply mean more confused users who don't know what to do with the sources once they've gotten them. > There are thousands who manage to get the sources IN SPITE OF THE > DIFFICULTIES in their way. Actually, if you read Usenet, *most* of the Linux users use the distributions (ie; RedHat, Slackware, FT, etc..). It isn't the majority that use the 'newest sources', but people who are more computer literate than your 'average user'. Heck, our system is *much* easier to bootstrap to a new release than *any* version of Linux, and getting the sources are easier to get. Nate