Bas Smeelen wrote: > On 03/02/2012 07:42 PM, H wrote: >> Doug Barton wrote: >>> ... and here is the crux of the problem. The vast majority of our >>> developers don't use FreeBSD as their regular workstation. So it has >>> increasingly become an OS where changes are being lobbed over the wall >>> by developers who don't run systems that those changes affect. That's >>> no way to run a railroad. Doug >> wow >> >> since it is not April 1st it must be revelation's day ...:) >> >> is this then the bottomline ? >> >> if [ $using_ports=YES ]; get_screwed($big_time); fi >> >> > Hey people > > There are still a lot of us which might not be smart enough or lack > the resources to help you debug issues but we still use and depend on > FreeBSD, and we test, and hopefully give you some debugging hints > > I have some production servers running on STABLE and even some on > CURRENT to stress our developers, but most run RELEASE and use > freebsd-update > > Keep up the good work, it makes me a more confident sysadmin > Ports is the best thing happening to me after going through al the apt > and other stuff
you talk like the wind blows my friend ... remembering your own most recent words in another occasion what certainly do not match your last sentence ... >/ On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen at ose.nl ><http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>> wrote: />/ />/ > On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:52:07 -0500 />/ > David Jackson <djackson452 at gmail.com <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>> wrote: />/ > />/ > > I have tried endlessly to no avail to upgrade binary the packages />/ > > on Freebsd to the latest version. I have tried: />/ > > /... >/ > > />/ > > All fail miserably and totally and have left the system in an />/ > > unuseable state. />/ > /.... >/ />/ />/ I wish to use binary packages and I specifically do not want to />/ compile anything, it tends to take far too long to compile programs />/ and would rather install some packages and have it all work right />/ away. Binary packages are a big time saver and are more efficient. It />/ should be easy for FreeBSD to make it easy to install the most recent />/ versions of all binary packages, its beyond belief they cannot pull />/ off such a simple ans straight forward, and basic part of any OS. / -- H
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