From owner-freebsd-current Sat Aug 2 12:43:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA08981 for current-outgoing; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 12:43:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.dk.tfs.com (critter.phk.freebsd.dk [195.8.133.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA08955; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 12:43:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.dk.tfs.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.dk.tfs.com (8.8.6/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA01989; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 21:15:33 +0200 (CEST) To: ade@demon.net cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , ports@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org From: Poul-Henning Kamp Subject: Re: ports-current/packages-current discontinued In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 02 Aug 1997 20:03:07 BST." Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 21:15:33 +0200 Message-ID: <1987.870549333@critter.dk.tfs.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message , Ade Lovett writes: >>It sounds to me like a lot of people should seriously reconsider if >>they ought to run -current :-( > > >This seems to be something of an oversimplification. Whilst there >are undoubtedly people who are much more likely to be better off >running release (or perhaps -stable) code, there are quite a number >of people who need features (SMP, for example) that are only present >in -current. You know, I actualle don't see that as an excuse for running -current, but if you insist, at least don't try to use that kind of argument for trying to turn -current into -stable, OK ? >The problems come about when the base operating system contains >components that really shouldn't be there at all. TCL, Perl certainly >fall into this category, and there's probably quite a bit else which >would be better off in either ports, or an 'additions' package. I consider "options" equally bad in protocols and operating systems. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.