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Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs NetBSD 0.9, wait? [was: Re: from 386bsd0.1 to FreeBSD or NetBSD 0.9]
Message-ID: <1993Sep13.121342.3732@cm.cf.ac.uk>
From: paul@myrddin.isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul)
Date: 13 Sep 93 12:13:41 GMT
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In article <hastyCD8A1E.9AA@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes:
>
>Lets see:
>
>386bsd-0.1
>386bsd-0.1  + random patches 
>386bsd-0.1  + patchkit 

Well, let's face it, with FreeBSD and NetBSD now out there I think we should
forget about 0.1 and any patches that go with it. Even Bill doesn't think 0.1
is in a fit state to be usable and the patchkit mechanism, while it it
served us well for a while, should now be quickly forgotten about.

No-one should even consider getting 386BSD 0.1 anymore and we should forget
about it until Bill releases 0.2, people should upgrade to Net or Free BSD as
soon as possible.

>FreeBSD     + complete patched distribution + development
>NetBSD	    + complete distribution  + development + incompatible binaries
>386bsd-0.2  + the great unknown
>
>This situation is sad. It appears that the only way to consolidate
>our efforts is for the 386bsd community to choose an OS.

I believe that we will merge and somewhat sooner than in 6 months time. It
may be 6 months before the first merged release appears but that's because
there are a large number of issues to be resolved.

>
>Look, I am not saying that NetBSD or FreeBSD are inferior or that
>one group is less talented than any other, rather it would 
>be to our benefit to provide a single alternate  solution
>to 386bsd-0.1 or to 386bsd-0.2 whenever it comes out.

Agreed, I'm confident that by the time 0.2 gets released (if the Dr Dobbs
report is correct) we will have merged.

Despite a handfull of individuals who are vehemently patriotic about their
own release, most people in the Net/Free BSD teams are very integrated. In
fact, I would say that most people are in both teams and that code
development taking place now gets migrated very quickly.

-- 
  Paul Richards, University of Wales, College Cardiff

  Internet: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk
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