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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!yale.edu!yale!gumby!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!sifon!storm From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) Subject: Re: So you say you want an interim release of 386bsd? Message-ID: <1993Apr21.002157.10237@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> Keywords: 386BSD, NetBSD, free, BSD, sleep Sender: news@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: mnementh.cs.mcgill.ca Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada References: <1qvpc9$1e8@agate.berkeley.edu> <1r1che$64r@wzv.win.tue.nl> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 00:21:57 GMT Lines: 44 In article <1r1che$64r@wzv.win.tue.nl> guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij) writes: >1) What is completely new. >2) What exactly the diffs are between 0.1+patchkit 0.2.3 (note the 3) > and NeTBSD >3) Other changes that are important. > >Note that I like the idea of NetBSD very much. I just think many ppl. >will hesitate installing it without having an exact notion of what >they will get back. I would basically guess that in the short term, you will get some slight hassles. I wouldn't expect changing to be THAT great a hassle for people without heavily customized machines, but those who have applied many selective patches might have more trouble. However, in the long run---If you agree with the NetBSD philosophy, and are more up to date on the squabbling of the day---you'll end up with a potentially better product. I have the advantage of having sold my machine in the last couple of weeks, and will be looking again in a month to see which one of the two I should install. In the interim, I will continue to help out with the FAQ and will still pay attention to what's going on... Then, when I get the new machine, I will be able to choose which I want... I had a feeling this announcement would cause some troubles, and I find the fragmentation that the BSD community seems to be undergoing nothing short of sad. [cheesy mode] As Rodney King once said: "People, can't we just all get along?" [end cheesy mode][THANK GOD] However, if this turns out to be a GROUP PROJECT, and not just a personal act of revenge against some heinous act that wfj might have once committed, then I think that this has a very good chance of becoming something very good. Toodlepip! Marc [die-hard BSDer] 'em.