On 13 May 2002 at 8:20, Brian McCane wrote:
> On Sun, 12 May 2002, Dan Langille wrote:
>
> >
> > On 12 May 2002 at 12:49, Brian McCane wrote:
> >
> > > I am on FreeBSD 5.0.
> >
> > There is a reason why you must be on 5.0? That is not recommended for
> > "sane" people.
> >
> > 5.0 is -current and not the best place to be running important
> > applications At present 5.0 is -current, which is the version which
> > changes daily. It's really only for people who are developing FreeBSD.
> > It frequently contains works in progress and experimental changes.
> Trust me, I am fully aware of this :) I have been running BSD on my
> machine Since Bill and his wife announed the release of 386BSD 0.1 in an
> article in (I think) Dr. Dobbs. I tend to pick and choose my times when I
> upgrade my OS, and the version I am now running is several months old.
> When I see a new feature I like/need, and have seen no major complaints in
> a while, I back up a week and grab a copy. Unfortunately, it has been a
> while since I have been able to do this.
You are clearly qualified.... ;)
Too frequently we see people who jump into -current not knowing what they
are getting into.
Personally, I have too many other things to do to attempt -current.
--
Dan Langille
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