Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ?

[Chris Rees]

On 1 June 2012 16:20, Nomen Nescio <nobody at dizum.com> wrote:
>> Dear All ,
>>
>> There is a thread
>>
>> "Why Are You Using FreeBSD ?"
>>
>>
>> I think another thread with the specified subject   '"Why Are You NOT Using
>> FreeBSD ?" may be useful :
>>
>>
>> If you are NOT using FreeBSD for any area or some areas , would you please
>> list those areas with most important first to least important last ?
>
> 1. The X-org changeover a few years ago screwed up a FreeBSD installation I
> had been using so badly I never trusted FreeBSD's rolling update ports
> system again. That should have been a major FreeBSD release, but instead it
> was done just in the ports with no version bump and no choice and no notice
> unless you read the fine print.
>
> 2. Broken ports galore. Much of the stuff I wanted broke on AMD64 after
> downloading tarballs for hours. Not good. Contacted package maintainer and
> received answer: yeah, I know it doesn't work on AMD64.

That is unacceptable.  Submit a PR next time you find something like
that-- ports that are broken on an arch should be marked as such so
people don't waste their time as you have been made to.

Chris