Chuck Burns wrote: On 11/9/2012 4:16 PM, Brett wrote: > >> Message: 11 > >> Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 23:34:58 +0800 > >> From: Doug Brewer <brewer.d...@gmail.com> > >> To: Adrian Chadd <adr...@freebsd.org> > >> Cc: a...@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Tinderbox <tinder...@freebsd.org>, > >> curr...@freebsd.org > >> Subject: Re: [head tinderbox] failure on arm/arm > >> Message-ID: > >> <cag0v13tpalmdpg-8rifcjjroxz948mqzjnn1yvqz4teybjz...@mail.gmail.com> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >> > >> No offence, but how many times did you break the build? Could you please > >> compile your code before committing next time? Thanks a lot! > >> > > > > Just an observation: a few years ago when I got sick of Linux's "headlong > > rush" development model, I subscribed to various BSD mailing lists to see > > what else was out there. I considered FreeBSD at the time - there was a > > neverending avalanche of "[head tinderbox] failure" messages. This told me > > that I would be more likely to be running code written by people who knew > > what they were doing if I went with Open, Net, or DragonflyBSD. > > > > I safely run OpenBSD-current on my main computer and it always works (I > > think I have had 2-3 build problems in about 3 years, and they were all my > > fault). At the moment, I only feel confident enough with FreeBSD-current to > > run it on my unimportant torrent computer. This is 80% due to constant > > build failures, and 20% due to invasive changes being introduced with > > documentation/instructions scattered over many different pages and mailing > > lists, e.g: > > > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/FrontPage?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=xorg&titlesearch=Titles > > > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/FrontPage?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=pkgng&titlesearch=Titles > > > > Hypothetical user: "Is it WITHOUT_PKGNG= or WITHOUT_PKGNG=yes or > > WITH_PKGNG=no today?" > > > > I wonder how many other people that you never hear from feel the same, and > > if some sort of "x weeks commit freezeout" should apply to the build > > breakers. Cute pointy hats or whatever obviously have no effect. > > > > Rant over! > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > Quite honestly, the head/current branch is going to have build > failures.. It's the test bed..
YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME. > Stick with the release system unless you > want cutting edge.. just remember.. cutting edge cuts sometimes... _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
