Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ?

[Chris Rees]

On 10 June 2012 11:51, O. Hartmann <ohartman at zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> On 06/10/12 12:37, Chris Rees wrote:
>> On 10 June 2012 11:12, Martin Sugioarto <martin at sugioarto.com> wrote:
>>> Am Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:09:09 +0700
>>> schrieb Adam Strohl <adams-freebsd at ateamsystems.com>:
>>>
>>>> I get the feeling people are updating their ports tree and then
>>>> recompiling/reinstalling everything "just because" and then are
>>>> complaining when one thing breaks (its the only thing I can think of).
>>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> But it does not need to break. Sometimes it would be enough just to
>>> test if the port compiles before committing it (I'm talking about
>>> libreoffice here which is broken). Some people rely on some essential
>>> ports. I can understand that porters are not Gods and make errors, but
>>> they should be fixed within hours, when they have been found on
>>> important ports.
>>>
>>> I mean, ports collection is sure great and this is one of the aspects
>>> why I am using FreeBSD, but at the moment FreeBSD is losing strength
>>> here, in my opinion.
>>
>> Er... people always test their commits.  Sometimes edge cases will
>> creep in, such as the libreoffice failure which was due to different
>> configurations, but to suggest that the commit wasn't tested is quite
>> frankly insulting-- it built on a clean system perfectly well.
>>
>> Chris
>
> In do not see any insulting statement! Why those exaggerations?

>> Sometimes it would be enough just to
>> test if the port compiles before committing it (I'm talking about
>> libreoffice here which is broken)