In message <47143BE4.6060905_at_FreeBSD.org>, "Constantine A. Murenin" writes: >On 15/10/2007 16:13, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > >There are tonnes of unused compatibility stuff in FreeBSD; backing out >some interface that could have been used as a compatibility layer with >something that is actually heavily used in the neighbouring BSD projects >is unwarranted and obviously biased. If it is biased, it is biased against the code and not the person(s). If you compare at NetBSD, OpenBSD and FreeBSD, you will find a quite visible difference in the architectural attitude the projects take to various problems. The short summary is that NetBSD focuses a lot on portability, OpenBSD on security and FreeBSD on scalability and usability. The area where the architectural mindset is most different is probably security, closely followed by system management. These differences are a good thing. But it also means, that what may seem architecturally sound in one project, is not going to fly in another. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk_at_FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.Received on Tue Oct 16 2007 - 04:36:45 UTC
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