> From: Alari Kask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: November 11, 2005 1:51:12 PM GMT+02:00 > To: Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Instructions for tracking -CURRENT > > > On Nov 11, 2005, at 4:57 AM, Nick Holland wrote: > >> Alari Kask wrote: >> ... [I *refuse* to post that link again] >> >> I was right, more damage than good. >> >> I *really* wish people would quit accomplishing one little thing, >> writing it up in "HOWTO" form, and patting themselves on the back and >> thinking they were doing the world some kind of favor by >> publishing it. >> >> YOU ARE NOT. >> I pity the fool who thinks that seeing something in print makes it >> somehow true. There are a lot of such fools, unfortunately. "Oh, >> look, >> I found it on a web page, it must be true!" >> >> In the free world, you have the right to speak and write as you wish, >> regardless of the accuracy, but I will warn people: THINK, >> DAMMIT. Just >> because someone put it on a web page with an OpenBSD graphic DOES NOT >> MAKE IT USEFUL or even close to accurate. >> >> With this document, you try to lead people on a long path that >> will only >> sometimes get them where they want to go, and yet, the direct route >> (snapshots) is simpler, safer and faster. The long route has >> twists and >> turns you do not warn people about. >> >> Nick. >> > > Actually, these instructions were for myself, but i thought i'd > share it with the community of openbsd, > guess it wasnt't such a good idea. > Yes, installing from a snapshot is easier, but if i want to build a > specific part of the system, i dont feel like installing the whole > system just to get that specific part, i'll just build it from source.
