Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 20:23:24 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: wd driver will be retired! Message-ID: <v04220815b4745c03e538@[195.238.21.204]> In-Reply-To: <199912081856.KAA06231@mass.cdrom.com> References: <199912081856.KAA06231@mass.cdrom.com>
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At 10:56 AM -0800 1999/12/8, Mike Smith wrote: >=20 The right attitude to be taking now is "here is where the ata drivers >=20 still fall down" or "here are patches to them to replace this >=20 functionality". Think about the longer-term goals here folks. I understand where Julian is coming from. In fact, my initial=20 reaction was the same. However, I have reluctantly been converted to=20 be in agreement with Mike and S=F8ren (among others). This is -CURRENT. It pains me to say it, but anyone trying to=20 run anything "useful" on -CURRENT gets what they deserve. This is=20 the only place where we can make clean breaks with the past, and as=20 painful as that can be, we simply have to do that occasionally. I'm sure this isn't necessary amongst this group of people, but=20 I'll quote from <http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cutting-edge.html>=20 anyway: >> 18.1.1. What is FreeBSD-current? [ ... deletia ... ] >>=20 While many of us >> compile almost daily from FreeBSD-current sources, there are >> periods of time when the sources are literally un-compilable. --=20 =20 These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy =20 ____________________________________________________________________ |o| Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> Belgacom Skynet NV/SA |o| |o| Systems Architect, News & FTP Admin Rue Col. Bourg, 124 |o| |o| Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.11.11/12.49 B-1140 Brussels |o| |o| http://www.skynet.be Belgium |o| \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ =20 Unix is like a wigwam -- no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside. =20 Unix is very user-friendly. It's just picky who its friends are. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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