On 1 June 2012 16:20, Nomen Nescio <nob...@dizum.com> wrote: >> Dear All , >> >> There is a thread >> >> "Why Are You Using FreeBSD ?" >> >> >> I think another thread with the specified subject '"Why Are You NOT Using >> FreeBSD ?" may be useful : >> >> >> If you are NOT using FreeBSD for any area or some areas , would you please >> list those areas with most important first to least important last ? > > 1. The X-org changeover a few years ago screwed up a FreeBSD installation I > had been using so badly I never trusted FreeBSD's rolling update ports > system again. That should have been a major FreeBSD release, but instead it > was done just in the ports with no version bump and no choice and no notice > unless you read the fine print. > > 2. Broken ports galore. Much of the stuff I wanted broke on AMD64 after > downloading tarballs for hours. Not good. Contacted package maintainer and > received answer: yeah, I know it doesn't work on AMD64.
That is unacceptable. Submit a PR next time you find something like that-- ports that are broken on an arch should be marked as such so people don't waste their time as you have been made to. Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
