Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-31 Thread Loganaden Velvindron
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 10:31:15PM +0200, ropers wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Loganaden Velvindron wrote: > >> If other BSDs worked this way, they would have been > >> successful in attracting a larger userbase. They > >> have the means to do it with their larger developer > >> commu

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-31 Thread Loganaden Velvindron
Why not ? Sure it's easier to control a group if it's small. You can also delegate authority to experienced people for different areas. This is currently done in openbsd. The BSD community is very small compared to Linux. As an example, in Mauritius, there are 2 BSD users (Mac OS X doesn't count

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-29 Thread Marc Espie
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 09:42:53AM -0500, Matthew Weigel wrote: > On 8/28/2011 10:50 AM, Marc Espie wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 05:00:46PM +0200, Tomas Bodzar wrote: > >> (and main link which caused that > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2011-August/011412.html) > > > > T

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-29 Thread Matthew Weigel
On 8/28/2011 10:50 AM, Marc Espie wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 05:00:46PM +0200, Tomas Bodzar wrote: >> (and main link which caused that >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2011-August/011412.html) > > This link makes me a little sad. I don't quite get why that guy mentions > th

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-29 Thread Alexey Suslikov
Marc Espie wrote: > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 01:13:14PM +0400, Vadim Zhukov wrote: > > On Sunday 28 August 2011 19:50:51 Marc Espie wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 05:00:46PM +0200, Tomas Bodzar wrote: > > > > (and main link which caused that > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-a

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-29 Thread Daniel Gracia
Yep. And all of this speech is political nonsense for my, as only politic I'm concerned is about licenses. Worried about your take over the world plans? Who cares... I do this for fun, earn some pennies when possible, and keep going! You all can go mess with whatever you're up to. I alone woul

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-29 Thread Marc Espie
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 01:13:14PM +0400, Vadim Zhukov wrote: > On Sunday 28 August 2011 19:50:51 Marc Espie wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 05:00:46PM +0200, Tomas Bodzar wrote: > > > (and main link which caused that > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2011-August/011412.h > >

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-29 Thread Vadim Zhukov
On Sunday 28 August 2011 19:50:51 Marc Espie wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 05:00:46PM +0200, Tomas Bodzar wrote: > > (and main link which caused that > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2011-August/011412.h > >tml) > > This link makes me a little sad. I don't quite get why that g

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-28 Thread Christopher Ahrens
On 8/28/2011 1:01 PM, Chris Bennett wrote: On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 02:52:19PM -0500, J Sisson wrote: On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Loganaden Velvindronwrote: If other BSDs worked this way, they would have been successful in attracting a larger userbase. They have the means to do it with the

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-28 Thread Chris Bennett
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 02:52:19PM -0500, J Sisson wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Loganaden Velvindron > wrote: > > > If other BSDs worked this way, they would have been > > successful in attracting a larger userbase. They > > have the means to do it with their larger developer > > com

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-28 Thread J Sisson
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Loganaden Velvindron wrote: > If other BSDs worked this way, they would have been > successful in attracting a larger userbase. They > have the means to do it with their larger developer > community. > > This begs the question of whether or not their developer comm

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-28 Thread Loganaden Velvindron
I have a slightly different view on this. I think that the other BSDs have a fundamental development problem: -current is often broken. If I notice a bug in release, I can grab a snapshot and download the source and write a fix. This is something difficult to do with other BSDs. Also, the system

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-28 Thread Amit Kulkarni
>> (and main link which caused that >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2011-August/011412.html) > > This link makes me a little sad. I don't quite get why that guy mentions > that FreeBSD ports has problems, but then mentions only the netbsd work, > and blatantly ignores our tools,

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-28 Thread Brian Keefer
On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:00 AM, Tomas Bodzar wrote: > Hi all, > > after reading this thread > http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2011/08/22/msg008819.html > (and main link which caused that > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2011-August/011412.html) > I must really say thanks a

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-28 Thread Tomas Bodzar
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Marc Espie wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 05:00:46PM +0200, Tomas Bodzar wrote: >> (and main link which caused that >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2011-August/011412.html) > > This link makes me a little sad. I don't quite get why that guy men

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-28 Thread Tomas Bodzar
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Bryan wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 10:00, Tomas Bodzar wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> after reading this thread >> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2011/08/22/msg008819.html >> (and main link which caused that >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ar

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-28 Thread Marc Espie
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 05:00:46PM +0200, Tomas Bodzar wrote: > (and main link which caused that > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2011-August/011412.html) This link makes me a little sad. I don't quite get why that guy mentions that FreeBSD ports has problems, but then mentions on

Re: Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-28 Thread Bryan
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 10:00, Tomas Bodzar wrote: > Hi all, > > after reading this thread > http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2011/08/22/msg008819.html > (and main link which caused that > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2011-August/011412.html) > I must really say thanks

Thanks a lot to all devs of OpenBSD

2011-08-28 Thread Tomas Bodzar
Hi all, after reading this thread http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2011/08/22/msg008819.html (and main link which caused that http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2011-August/011412.html) I must really say thanks a lot for your SUPERB job in development of such a great OS which