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On 05/10/2017 19:54, Baho Utot wrote:
>
>
> On 10/04/17 16:39, Ernie Luzar wrote:
>
>> Here's my take on that.
>>
>> The future direction has already been decided by the FreeBSD leaders 
>> 2 years ago with their development of a better pkg system.
>>
>
> [putolin]
>
>> Don't let the few old school die hearts who are afraid of any change 
>> and make the most noise influence you. There will always be edge case 
>> user who think their needs out weight what is best for the group.
>
> So what you are really saying is Go to hell old farts we don't need 
> you here.  We are not going to listen to you as you are too old to 
> know anything.  You are old and stupid.
>
> It is looking like I will need to move away from FreeBSD if that is 
> really what is being accomplished here.

But do those old farts have anything interesting to say or they are just 
making noise? What's the alternative to the proposed direction?

GrzegorzJ