patrick keshishian wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 4:27 PM, frantisek holop <min...@obiit.org> wrote:
>   
>> hmm, on Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 06:20:13PM -0400, Ted Unangst said that
>>     
>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011, frantisek holop wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> it's not like there are no reasonable alternatives.  nginx for example
>>>> has a nice security record and a 2 clause bsd license.  but as it's in
>>>> the ports i personally dont care if it's in base or ports.  sendmail and
>>>> apache are really the only things in openbsd base that baffle me
>>>> everytime i cross paths with them.  they represent everything the
>>>> openbsd philosophy refuses.
>>>>         
>>> They represent the backwards compatible and don't go chasing the newest
>>> thing because it's new parts of the philosophy.  That doesn't mean the
>>> same choices to include them would be made today, but the decision isn't
>>> being made today either.
>>>       
>> choices are being made every day :]
>>
>> plenty of examples in openbsd for much more radical changes,
>> openbsd is certainly not in the category of the faint hearted.
>> (ripping out a whole firewall anyone?)
>>
>> now this is not about me pushing e.g. nginx as an apache
>> replacement in base.  before these very usable alternatives
>> i was quite happy to have a reliable web server in base,
>> just like anyone else.  but for me it's really time to move on.
>>     
>
> so which linux distro are you moving to?
>
>
>   

If the real question is "which unix has a reliable web server in base?" 
, then he cannot move anywhere and should stay on OpenBSD

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