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Hi,
(please Cc: me directly, if you want to catch my attention - I don't
always follow this list very closely)
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Jeremy Zawodny wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 04:20:50PM -0400, Nick Gaugler wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the response. I really wish MySQL AB would compile FreeBSD
> > binaries with LinuxThreads. It's really a pain when you find a bug,
> > the first thing they ask is "have you compiled this yourself" when in
> > this case you have no choice but to compile it yourself.
>
> Good point. That does suck, doesn't it?
>
> It's always felt like FreeBSD became a second-class platform at MySQL AB
> when Tim left a few years back. At the time, he was the only MySQL
> developer using FreeBSD. But I don't know what the current state is
> there.
We do have a few guys that use FreeBSD as their main development platform.
Sorry if you got the impression that FreeBSD is considered "second-class"
- - this is definately not the case.
I'm more of a Linux Guy, but that does not really matter. :)
> > Maybe Jeremy could compile "unofficial but recommended" binaries that
> > MySQL AB would support more like official binaries? :) If he's got
> > nothing better to do of course, he already puts in so much time to the
> > MySQL community as is.
>
> I'll need to first confirm that our "Yahoo FreeBSD" is close enough to
> "normal" FreeBSD that the binaries would work. I suspect it wouldn't be
> a problem...
>
> But, yeah, it's not a bad idea come think of it.
>
> Or maybe we can strong arm the MySQL build folks (Hi, Lenz) into doing
> it?
I'd be more than happy, if I knew how exactly this is done. I'll work with
Serg to get this configured for the next release.
> I'm not sure if they're thinking that FreeBSD users already use ports,
> so it's no big deal.
Well, true. I must admit that this thought crossed my mind :)
> But if so, that's not really compatible with their standard "are you
> using our binaries" response...
Agreed. We'll try to get this fixed for the next release. I assume it's
not rocket science - I am simply not very familiar with the whole FreeBSD
concept...
Bye,
LenZ
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Lenz Grimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Senior Production Engineer
MySQL GmbH, http://www.mysql.de/
Hamburg, Germany
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