On Apr 05 00:06:56, yellowgoldm...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> but eventually began using Debian
> >> because it was much easier to maintain
>
> > Can you please give an example of a maintenance task
> > that is easier then the comparable/analogous task in OpenBSD?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Because I remember Debian kinda sucked when I used it in 1998.
>
> apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade between versions are pretty awesome.
No doubt. In what way exactly is it easier
than an OpenBSD upgrade followed by pkg_add -u?
> > Seriously though, the reason for me (and many people apparently)
> > to use OpenBSD is the _extreme_simplicity_ of just about anything.
>
> OpenBSD is great to use, but BSD's in general
This list is not about "BSDs in general".
> are not simplistic when it
> comes to package management,
What on earth are you talking about?
Have you used pkg_add recently?
> hence the reason why FreeBSD is developing the
> new pkg tool.. whiiiich is pretty much a clone of what apt does on Debian.
>
> For me I remember when time was spend updating from one OpenBSD version to
> the next. So many hours.
If you spent _hours_ updating an OpenBSD install,
then you were doing something very, very wrong.
An update of three of my machines last night took
about 8 minutes each, including sysmerge and packages.
