>On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 09:38:21AM -0400, John Merriam wrote: >> On Thu, 2 Apr 2015, Kevin Chadwick wrote: >> > On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 22:34:06 -0400 >> > John Merriam wrote: >> > >> > > I don't mind using ports instead of packages myself. But, I haven't >> > > tried OpenBSD on the desktop yet (routers/firewalls and servers so far). >> > > Compiling huge stuff that updates often like Firefox could be kind of >> > > a pain I would guess. >> > >> > Have you checked out mtier.org's stable packages support? >> > >> >> Yes, I have. It sounds nice. I'm a bit to paranoid though so I don't >> want to trust that additional layer/entity that I would have to in order >> to use their stuff. > >Considering some of mtier's employees, you're already trusting their work >with official openbsd packages.
Indeed. Kind of amusing. Entirely possible a mtier person commits to the port John is worried about. Like all of us they are volunteers... So John, who will you trust? And why will you trust them, or not trust them? In fact, taken far enough... why trust me? Much of the trust imparted in us is probably for two reasons: 1. the software is cheap 2. perception of our software management practices relative to other's software management practices John, if you are paranoid, don't trust anyone... You know, these are ports. You trust all the upstreams?
