From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 23 19:29:08 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E4C106567B for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:29:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@acm.org) Received: from mail30.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail30.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.133.193]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86E108FC14 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:29:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-116-103.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.116.103]) by mail30.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id pBNJSxJM032442 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:29:01 +1100 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pBNJSwBt055461; Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:28:58 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.5/8.14.4/Submit) id pBNJSv1f055372; Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:28:57 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:28:57 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Lars Engels Message-ID: <20111223192857.GA15456@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20111223173059.42c16b05@mail.ose.nl> <20111223190610.GX13272@e-new.0x20.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="azLHFNyN32YCQGCU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111223190610.GX13272@e-new.0x20.net> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FLAME - security advisories on the 23rd ? uncool idea is uncool X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:29:08 -0000 --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2011-Dec-23 20:06:10 +0100, Lars Engels wrote: >On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 06:30:59PM +0100, Bas Smeelen wrote: >> _but_ FreeBSD is not a distribution >> It is *a complete operating system* >> Happy holidays > >And the D in BSD is for? ;-) FreeBSD is a complete operating system _derived_from_ the Berkeley Software Distribution that used to be available from the now-defunct UCB CSRG. The "BSD" in FreeBSD acknowledges its roots. And on-topic - yes, the timing sucks (especially since I'm one of the people reading this on the Saturday commencing a long holiday period) but I think the SO made the right call. Hopefully, this was all that was holding up 9.0-RELEASE and RE will be giving us a more welcome Xmas present. --=20 Peter Jeremy --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk701nkACgkQ/opHv/APuIcxnQCePOj0PeBsMzSLBwhuh9JzQ7q1 01gAnRdfwkqE4lcxFrN7AdhTGQ3UTMU3 =Z0f3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU--