Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 15:57:15 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: dennis@etinc.com (dennis), nate@mt.sri.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Price of FreeBSD (was On Holy Wars...) Message-ID: <199704182157.PAA24998@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199704182148.OAA02985@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <3.0.32.19970418150347.00b0b604@etinc.com> <199704182148.OAA02985@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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> If you're talking about something else, then you are running a slightly > different definition of "smoothly" or "integrated"; there is no inherent > reason FreeBSD has to have any code, whatsoever, in common from version > to version, except to deal with legacy issues. Even then, common code > isn't really required -- only common interface points that don't change. That's total BS, and you know it. Almost *always* fixing bugs requires API/interface changes. That's the nature of the beast, and you know it as well as anyone, only you're trying to stir the pot again. Nate
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