Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ?

From: O. Hartmann <ohartman_at_zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:53:44 +0200
On 06/10/12 12:37, Chris Rees wrote:
> On 10 June 2012 11:12, Martin Sugioarto <martin_at_sugioarto.com> wrote:
>> Am Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:09:09 +0700
>> schrieb Adam Strohl <adams-freebsd_at_ateamsystems.com>:
>>
>>> I get the feeling people are updating their ports tree and then
>>> recompiling/reinstalling everything "just because" and then are
>>> complaining when one thing breaks (its the only thing I can think of).
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> But it does not need to break. Sometimes it would be enough just to
>> test if the port compiles before committing it (I'm talking about
>> libreoffice here which is broken). Some people rely on some essential
>> ports. I can understand that porters are not Gods and make errors, but
>> they should be fixed within hours, when they have been found on
>> important ports.
>>
>> I mean, ports collection is sure great and this is one of the aspects
>> why I am using FreeBSD, but at the moment FreeBSD is losing strength
>> here, in my opinion.
> 
> Er... people always test their commits.  Sometimes edge cases will

Really "always"? This is a statement you can only speak for yourself and
in any other case, it is good-will thinking about what others should do!

> creep in, such as the libreoffice failure which was due to different
> configurations, but to suggest that the commit wasn't tested is quite
> frankly insulting-- it built on a clean system perfectly well.
> 
> Chris


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