On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 10:17:13AM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:40:14AM -0700, Chris wrote: > > > I can see from the recent undeadly posts and pictures that most > > developers are using laptops and I know you have to run -current to do > > development work. I was just wondering if these laptops are for > > development use only or development+personal use? I know -current can > > break sometimes and am just curious to know if developers risk putting > > personal stuff on a laptop that is being used for active development. > > > > Thanks. > > Ehh, for me personal use very much equals development (plus some mail > and browsing of cousre). > > If developers don't run current, bugs will be found too late. If > current isn't good enough, developers will be bitten, and action will > be taken VERY soon. > > Data destroying bugs are really rare in any case. Data loss caused by > hardware going broken or personal mistakes is much more likely. > > I like what art@ said a long time ago: if your work destroys itself, > it's not good enough. > > Kind of genetic programming without all the AI fluff ;-) > > -Otto >
Also, if you happen to lose important stuff that you had not backed up then it's kind of deserved, -current or not ;-) Gilles -- Gilles Chehade http://www.poolp.org/
