* Michael Grigoni <michael.grig...@cybertheque.org> [2009-04-30 21:42]: > Henning Brauer wrote: > >> * Michael Grigoni <michael.grig...@cybertheque.org> [2009-04-30 19:51]: > > <snip> >> >> we do not tend to drop support for hardware. happens for really really >> ancient stuff (>10years) from time to time, but even that seldom. > > In the context of this discussion, the hardware is about 17 years old.
so put 4.5 on it. chances are high it still just works. >>> Some time ago I had posed performance questions in the openbsd-sparc lists >>> in hopes that I could get performance and resource data that could direct my >>> decisions regarding 'upgrades' on older sparc architectures; replies were >>> essentially along the lines of 'try it', which I guess in an open source >>> environment is a fair expectation, however on a rapid-release cycle, I >>> just cannot manage this. >> but you can manage backporting? hilarious. > For those facilities I require in my application, yes (kernel and pf). I don't > really want to have to reinstall an entire set of configs, utilities, > libraries > etc. to get the benefit of a single (or few) changes, when I am constrained by > filesystem sizes, media types, and the performance considerations of utilities > which got changed but had nothing to do with the changes I sought in the > kernel > or pf. oh cut the crap. just try it. openbsd version upgrades are way smoother than minor version updates for most other OSes. > In this context I don't need a general-purpose platform (like FreeBSD, etc.) > but > a very tightly-coded, lean, mean kernel for use in certain custom > applications ;) and OpenBSD 4.5 is much better in that than 3.5. > mature architecture support, etc., but again, cost is a large factor. > 'MicroBSD' > was obviously an attempt to do this publicly but sadly didn't succeed. MicroBSD was a joke. Don't get me started. banner microbsd, anyone? -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
