My wish list for 6.1

[Allen]

On Saturday 17 December 2005 03:55, Christian Brueffer wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 08:55:00AM +0000, Allen wrote:
> > On 12/17/2005 01:34:09 AM, Avleen Vig wrote:
> > >On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 10:40:22AM -0500, Martin Cracauer wrote:
> > >> > 2.  SMP kernels for install.  Right now we only install a UP
> > >
> > >kernel, for
> > >
> > >> > performance reasons.  We should be able to package both a UP and
> > >
> > >SMP
> > >
> > >> > kernel into the release bits, and have sysinstall install both.
> > >
> > >It
> > >
> > >> > should also select the correct one for the target system and make
> > >
> > >that
> > >
> > >> > the default on boot.
> > >>
> > >> If people are concerned about performance, I benchmarked a 6-beta
> > >> kernel SMP versus UP on a socket 939 Opteron.
> >
> > Must be great having boxes like that ;) You know what I'd like to see
> > in the next Free BSD? A way to update security fixes without having to
> > play with any source, or having to touch make world. I know the speed
> > and so on makes some people like this, but I personally try getting
> > people who use Windows to switch to another OS or at least show them
> > something else exists, and it's hard to make someone want to use Free
> > BSD when installing patches can be such a timely manner.
> >
> > I know about the port tool, but what I'd love to have is a tool you
> > could run from the CLI or the GUI that would check for updates, and
> > then ask which ones to install, similar to Swaret on Slackware. This
> > way people can do the usual updates if they want, and people like me
> > can show people BSD and how great it is.
>
> You probably haven't seen ports/security/freebsd-update yet.

Actually, I've seen that and it does come close... But it didn't seem to like 
updating the Kernel or anything similar to the base system in the time I 
spent with it.

Free BSD has probably one of the best methods of installing new packages with 
pkg_add, and pkg_add -r for grabbing them off the internet but for updates it 
could use some work.

It won't stop me from buying Free BSD things, but it does make showing new 
computer users the OS a but harder. 
OT: If anyone wants a person to couge, the Free BSD boxers are VERY high 
quality and, it must be said, a pair of boxers any BOFH would wear. They look 
great with my Free BSD TeeShirt and Laptop covered in BSD stickers. :)


> - Christian
-Allen