From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 10 00:01:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5A3E16A416 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:01:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C35A913C442 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:01:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l0A01u7A016116 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:01:56 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.5.99] (nilakantha.cs.washington.edu [128.208.5.99]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l0A01uaa003920 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:01:56 -0800 Message-ID: <45A42CF3.4000600@u.washington.edu> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:01:55 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <45A2805E.7060000@ccstores.com> <20070109222558.GA75695@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.2.285561, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.1.9.154932 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: is THIS why the 6.2 release seems stalled ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:01:57 -0000 Nikolas Britton wrote: > On 1/9/07, Kris Kennaway wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 09:33:18AM -0800, Jim Pazarena wrote: >> > >> http://farragut.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org/articles/2007/01/08/a-shadow-lies-upon-all-bsd-distributions >> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> > Gentoo/FreeBSD: license problems require a development pause >> > >> > >> http://farragut.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org/articles/2007/01/07/gentoo-freebsd-license-problems-requires-a-development-pause >> >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > The big license mess, part 2 >> > >> > >> http://farragut.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org/articles/2007/01/07/the-big-license-mess-part-2 >> >> > -------------------------------------------------- >> > Gentoo/FreeBSD On Hold Due To Licensing Issues >> >> No. >> >> Kris >> >> > > Why then? Are you guys ever going to do something about Xorg DRI/DRM > for Radeon cards, Java, and Flash support? More importantly: > 1. Xen Dom0 support? > 2. Fix SATA RAID driver problems? > 3. Better chipset support for new 51xx Xeon and Core 2 Duo systems? > 4. ZFS support? > 5. Better support for 2TB, or greater, RAID arrays: (fsck, etc.)? > 6. Speed up GigE and 10GigE stuff? checksum offloading, Interrupt load > problems, packet processing speed, etc? > 7. Better SMP support, GIANT lock in RAID/LAN drivers, etc... > > Why should I continue using FreeBSD when the project never delivers on > it promises? Don't know about some of the items, but... -Flash support with Mozilla products is being done through Mozilla's ActionScript Engine: . So, I expect the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player to be supported on all Unix platforms to some extent in the future. Sound support will be interesting though. -Isn't Xen handled by the Xen project and not FreeBSD? Seems like your comment (was related) but off-topic. -Garrett