On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Chuck Robey wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, David O'Brien wrote:
>
> > > It should be too easy to replace the compiler after the system is
> > > installed...and shouldn't be seen as a major "hindrance"...
> >
> > But as Micro$hit knows, being able to check off feature boxes is
> > important. Here, the CS dept encourages people that own a PC to install
> > a Unix at home (we are still 100% Unix based for classes). When I push
> > FreeBSD, I get asked if EGCS comes with it. I say no not by default, but
> > we have a very easy to add version of it. They say, why go through the
> > trouble if Linux already has it by default. Same for our support
> > people. They are the laziest and most non-computer enthusiast group I've
> > ever seen. Path of least effort is what wins with them.
>
> Please keep in mind that if, in our haste, we import a compiler that
> puts instability into FreeBSD, then we've drunk poison. The feature
> list won't matter, the fact that we're up to date won't matter, the fact
> that FreeBSD suddenly, out of the blue, became unstable is the only
> thing that anyone will remember.
Last I heard, that was what the -current source tree was for...has that
changed recently?
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
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