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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:5049 comp.os.386bsd.misc:983 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!ogicse!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pipex!uknet!cf-cm!paul Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc 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 Sender: news@cm.cf.ac.uk (Network News System) References: <DERAADT.93Sep10232713@newt.fsa.ca> <CD7rGD.2p3@taronga.com> <hastyCD8A1E.9AA@netcom.com> Organization: Intelligent Systems Lab, ELSYM, University of Wales, Cardiff Article-I.D.: cm.1993Sep13.121342.3732 Lines: 47 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 JANET: RICHARDSDP@CARDIFF.AC.UK