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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!bubba.ucc.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.mid.net!trinews.sbc.com!newspump.wustl.edu!newsreader.wustl.edu!news.starnet.net!wupost!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!peernews.demon.co.uk!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: A host of freebsd bugs Date: 25 Jan 1995 00:56:16 -0000 Organization: None Lines: 28 Message-ID: <3g47jg$59q@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> References: <3fkp1d$2r2@satisfied.elf.com> <3fl2ek$214@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@violet.berkeley.edu) wrote: : >My first inclination here is to just launch the whole thing and install : >Linux instead, but I'd really like to stick with it long enough to get : >around these problems and maybe offer helpful suggestions for how the : >release is packaged. I *can't* be the only person running into these : >things; I pulled down the "obvious" stuff, and it fails miserably out : >of the box. : Well, you're always free to run Linux (believe me, you're not paying me : and I'd just as soon avoid you you're gonna come with even the smallest : emotional freight), but if you have a genuine interest in offering helpful : suggestions then I am ALWAYS open to email detailing any faults found, : and I will do my utmost to fix them. What I prefer in email is a simple, : cold-blooded description of the problems. It's not important to me to : know how you might FEEL about the problems, since your personal feelings : are largly irrelevant to fixing the bug. Just describe the bug professionally : and I will pledge to try and track/fix it professionally. Fair enough? : Jordan Yeah, less of the aggression ! These people have produced an amazing piece of software ! -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....