Re: Link to Release Candidates

On Fri, Jan 05, 2024 at 10:30:51AM -0600, Robert Nestor wrote: > Maybe it?s just me, but putting an announcement of the availability > of a Release Candidate at the top of the NetBSD Home Page without > having a link to where it can be found seems highly inconvenient. Not "without&

Link to Release Candidates

Maybe it’s just me, but putting an announcement of the availability of a Release Candidate at the top of the NetBSD Home Page without having a link to where it can be found seems highly inconvenient. Having to dig thru three or four links and pages to find it doesn’t seem to be helpful

"Loss of acceleration on rotation" PR in pre-release tasks, any possibility of making it to 10?

I tried out a recent NetBSD 10.0 BETA snapshot after a long time. The issue of loss of acceleration on rotation is still open. http://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=57143 This issue is identified in the pre-release checklist https://wiki.netbsd.org/releng/netbsd-10

Re: Release

Greg A. Woods wrote in : |At Sun, 19 Dec 2021 20:23:20 -0500, Greg Troxel wrote: |Subject: Re: Release |> |> What's messy is the idea that when replying to the list one should send |> to *only* the list. That has some merit, but the standards are murkier |> (M

Re: Release

At Sun, 19 Dec 2021 20:23:20 -0500, Greg Troxel wrote: Subject: Re: Release > > What's messy is the idea that when replying to the list one should send > to *only* the list. That has some merit, but the standards are murkier > (Mail-Followup-To:) and implementation of them somewhat s

Re: Release

On Sun, 19 Dec 2021, Greg Troxel wrote: I didn't mean to demand human acknowledgement, merely "not rejected by the MTA, and actually delivred to the original poster". I am not as close a reader as I pride myself on being, since I lept to the impression you have just now dispersed. Good

Re: Release

Bob Bernstein writes: > On Sun, 19 Dec 2021, Greg Troxel wrote: > >> There's nothing wrong with a direct reply to a list message, and >> it's discourteous to refuse them. > > Would it be correct to claim equivalence -- more or less -- > between your category "direct reply," and what I have

Re: Release

On Sun, 19 Dec 2021, Greg Troxel wrote: There's nothing wrong with a direct reply to a list message, and it's discourteous to refuse them. Would it be correct to claim equivalence -- more or less -- between your category "direct reply," and what I have been accustomed to call an "off-list

Re: Release

"Thomas Mueller" writes: > I see the mistake, mueller6726 should have been mueller6725 . > > Moral of the story is that email to the list should not be CC'ed to the list > subscriber. Wrong moral. There's nothing wrong with a direct reply to a list message, and it's discourteous to refuse

Re: Release

> I don't know if we have a formal norm that people asking for help should > accept mail form those trying to help them, but it's my norm... > Mail to you in reply to list mail bounced, and a note to you that told > you about the problem bounced too. I have a dim memory of something >

Re: Release

I don't know if we have a formal norm that people asking for help should accept mail form those trying to help them, but it's my norm... Mail to you in reply to list mail bounced, and a note to you that told you about the problem bounced too. I have a dim memory of something like this happening

Re: Release

from Martin Husemann: > On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 11:01:54PM +, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > One is the entropy issue, which makes it very difficult to use > > pkgsrc; some key packages can't build. > This is the "waiting for randot" issue mentioned on the page and it is still > open. It

Re: Release

I was thinking specifically about NetBSD-9.x The next release is 10.0? On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 3:22 AM Martin Husemann wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 11:01:54PM +, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > > One is the entropy issue, which makes it very difficult to use > > pkgs

Re: Release

from Martin Husemann: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 07:48:18PM +, Todd Gruhn wrote: > > When is the next official NetBSD release? > The branch for 10 will need to happen "soon", but there is no fixed date > yet. Details at: > https://wiki.NetBSD.org/releng/

Re: Release

Am 17.12.2021 um 14:33 schrieb Martin Husemann: On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 08:27:56PM +0800, Piper H wrote: solutions than OpenBSD. NetBSD also has a very strong commitment to binary compatibility with old releases *and* the slowest release cycle (which also means active support for old release

Re: Release

under the hood. My buddy showed an early >>>>> prototype to me at the time, and I was jealous. >>>>> > >>>>> > I do not know if the mods needed to run NetBSD that platform ever >>>>> made it back into MAIN. ('cause

Re: Release

that platform ever >>>> made it back into MAIN. ('cause BSD license and all) >>>> > >>>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Hiptop >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 1:04 AM Piper H wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Is there a mobile OS based on BSD, besides OSX? >>>> >> >>>> >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 2:18 PM Miko Larsson >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> >>>> >>> When it's ready ;p >>>> >>> >>>> >>> -- >>>> >>> ~~~miko >>>> >>> >>>> >>> On 12/15/21, Todd Gruhn wrote: >>>> >>> > When is the next official NetBSD release? >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> -- >>>> >>> ~~~miko >>>> >>>

Re: Release

>>> > >>> > >>> > On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 1:04 AM Piper H wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Is there a mobile OS based on BSD, besides OSX? >>> >> >>> >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 2:18 PM Miko Larsson >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> When it's ready ;p >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ~~~miko >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12/15/21, Todd Gruhn wrote: >>> >>> > When is the next official NetBSD release? >>> >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ~~~miko >>> >> -- Mario.

Re: Release

t somehow often comes to different solutions than OpenBSD. NetBSD also has a very strong commitment to binary compatibility with old releases *and* the slowest release cycle (which also means active support for old release lasts pretty long). This is bad for you if you are waiting for support for

Re: Release

; >>> > On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 1:04 AM Piper H wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Is there a mobile OS based on BSD, besides OSX? >>> >> >>> >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 2:18 PM Miko Larsson >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> When it's ready ;p >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ~~~miko >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12/15/21, Todd Gruhn wrote: >>> >>> > When is the next official NetBSD release? >>> >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ~~~miko >>> >>

Re: Release

t;> >> >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 2:18 PM Miko Larsson >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> When it's ready ;p >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> ~~~miko >> >>> >> >>> On 12/15/21, Todd Gruhn wrote: >> >>> > When is the next official NetBSD release? >> >>> > >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> ~~~miko >> >

Re: Release

t;> > >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 2:18 PM Miko Larsson wrote: > >>> > >>> When it's ready ;p > >>> > >>> -- > >>> ~~~miko > >>> > >>> On 12/15/21, Todd Gruhn wrote: > >>> > When is the next official NetBSD release? > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> ~~~miko >

Re: Release / NetBSD as mobile OS

If my BMW GS motorcycle display can run on NetBSD (judging by listings of patents and rights) ,all wireless connectivities included, engine control, and great touch screen GUI, I don't see why not. Just no big maker bothers doing it. On Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 10:31 Matthias Petermann wrote: > > Am

Re: Release

Piper H wrote: >>> >>> Is there a mobile OS based on BSD, besides OSX? >>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 2:18 PM Miko Larsson wrote: >>>> >>>> When it's ready ;p >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ~~~miko >>>> >>>>> On 12/15/21, Todd Gruhn wrote: >>>>> When is the next official NetBSD release? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ~~~miko

Re: Release

sed on BSD, besides OSX? >> >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 2:18 PM Miko Larsson wrote: >>> >>> When it's ready ;p >>> >>> -- >>> ~~~miko >>> >>> On 12/15/21, Todd Gruhn wrote: >>> > When is the next official NetBSD release? >>> > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ~~~miko

Re: Release

2021 at 1:04 AM Piper H wrote: > Is there a mobile OS based on BSD, besides OSX? > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 2:18 PM Miko Larsson wrote: > >> When it's ready ;p >> >> -- >> ~~miko >> >> On 12/15/21, Todd Gruhn wrote: >> > When is the next official NetBSD release? >> > >> >> >> -- >> ~~miko >> >

Re: Release

On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 10:36:54AM +0100, Matthias Petermann wrote: > Thanks for bringing this up. Just out of curiosity - I've recently seen some > updates in current related to NVidea/Radeon graphics cards. Are these > already the first signs of "it looks like the DRM branch can be merged >

Re: Release

Hi Martin, Am 16.12.2021 um 10:32 schrieb Martin Husemann: On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 07:48:18PM +, Todd Gruhn wrote: When is the next official NetBSD release? The branch for 10 will need to happen "soon", but there is no fixed date yet. Details at: https://wiki.NetBSD.

Re: Release / NetBSD as mobile OS

Am 16.12.2021 um 07:33 schrieb Piper H: Is there a mobile OS based on BSD, besides OSX? That depends on how you define mobile OS. Basically there is everything you need in NetBSD to make it a usable OS for mobile devices. To get an idea of this, I recommend this blog post from 2017. Under

Re: Release

Is there a mobile OS based on BSD, besides OSX? On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 2:18 PM Miko Larsson wrote: > When it's ready ;p > > -- > ~miko > > On 12/15/21, Todd Gruhn wrote: > > When is the next official NetBSD release? > > > > > -- > ~miko >

Re: Release

When it's ready ;p -- ~miko On 12/15/21, Todd Gruhn wrote: > When is the next official NetBSD release? > -- ~miko

Release

When is the next official NetBSD release?

A big thanks for NetBSD 9.1 release

Thanks to all the developers for the release of NetBSD 9.1. It works great for me and the default ctwm desktop is really nice. Good Work! Clay

Announcing the pkgsrc-2020Q1 release

The pkgsrc developers are proud to announce the 66th quarterly release of pkgsrc, the cross-platform packaging system. pkgsrc is available with more than 20,000 packages, running on 23 separate platforms; more information on pkgsrc itself is available at https://www.pkgsrc.org/ In total, 335

Re: sacrilegious question : netbsd 8 : release date : approximate?

Hello Kathe, Kathe writes: > [...] > what is "head"? and how do i get it? > [...] You can get the daily snapshots here: For more information about it:

Re: sacrilegious question : netbsd 8 : release date : approximate?

o: Kathe > Cc: netbsd-users@netbsd.org > Subject: Re: sacrilegious question : netbsd 8 : release date : approximate? > Sender: netbsd-users-ow...@netbsd.org > > On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 12:23:15PM +, Kathe wrote: > > i have been trying the daily builds of netbsd-8 and none of th

Re: sacrilegious question : netbsd 8 : release date : approximate?

On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 12:23:15PM +, Kathe wrote: > i have been trying the daily builds of netbsd-8 and none of them work. How so? > netbsd-8 release date approximation? RC2 should happen in the next few days, hopefully shortly followed by the final release. But if the daily

sacrilegious question : netbsd 8 : release date : approximate?

i have been trying the daily builds of netbsd-8 and none of them work. my 'isp' has started hollering about my data usage, hence will have to take a break, hence the question; netbsd-8 release date approximation? thanks.

New nbase-7.0.0.3 release, sysutils/nbase

Hi folks. I've just released new version of nbase, NetBSD userlevel utilities portable to Linux, Darwin, OpenBSD and probably other systems. Pkgsrc package is available in sysutils/nbase. If any one is interested, please test it and let me know if you find any bug. Source code is here:

license terms for /etc/release file

Hi I am packaging a perl distribution (system-info) for Debian which includes the file /etc/release from NetBSD systems [1,2]. This files have a copyright header but no actual copyright terms which makes them a bit problematic for distribution. On freenode's #NetBSD I was told that the file

Re: license terms for /etc/release

In article <capors_1cc0sll81r68ysrspy-7h0pxu8capkp6o6-550eay...@mail.gmail.com>, Carnë Draug <carandraug+...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi > >I am packaging a perl distribution (system-info) for Debian which >includes the file /etc/release from NetBSD systems [1,2]. This files

license terms for /etc/release

Hi I am packaging a perl distribution (system-info) for Debian which includes the file /etc/release from NetBSD systems [1,2]. This files have a copyright header but no actual copyright terms which makes them a bit problematic for distribution. On freenode's #NetBSD I was told that the file

Re: build.sh ... release--works but only install needed

On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 06:25:40PM -0600, John R. Towler wrote: > > > Hello, > > I would like to preedit the fortune game to remove my version of > offensive fortunes -- sarcasm in bad taste quoting Nazis. > Post-editing works, but I want to fix it right the first time.

Re: build.sh ... release--works but only install needed

works, but I want to fix it right the first time. > >It appears that there are calculated checksums for the >installation files in the release target, such that if I preedit >the src tree, the non-matching values make the build fail. How >can I

build.sh ... release--works but only install needed

for the installation files in the release target, such that if I preedit the src tree, the non-matching values make the build fail. How can I adjust the build.sh process to recalculate based on the local preedited src tree and succeed when installing. Apologies for the trouble

Re: base.tgz can't create 'usr/bin/mail' - cross compiled release 6.1

-0600, qabulin wrote: $ su root ./build.sh -O ../obj/ -T ../tools/ -D ../dest/ -R ../release/ -U -m amd64 -V INSTALLSETS=base etc install=/Users/qabulin/Downloads/netbsd-build/test/ [...] [—snippet—] Copying set base pax: Cannot link file /Users/qabulin/Downloads/netbsd-build/test/./usr

base.tgz can't create 'usr/bin/mail' - cross compiled release 6.1

Hello. I’ve attempted a number of cross compilations of stable release 6.1, but I cannot manage to get usr/bin/mail to extract not matter what I try or repeat attempts. $ su root ./build.sh -O ../obj/ -T ../tools/ -D ../dest/ -R ../release/ -U -m amd64 -V INSTALLSETS=base etc install=/Users