Thor Lancelot Simon rants:
> 
> > > > http://releng.netbsd.org/ab/B_netbsd-2-0/M_i386/i386.relse.1081468800.txt
> > > >          TOOLDIR path:     /autobuild/netbsd-2-0/i386/OBJ/autobuild/netbsd-2-0/src/tooldir.NetBSD-1.6A-i386
> > > >
> > (1) There have been a few Security Advisories since then -- which would
> > seem to affect an FTP server, among other features.
> 
> Since you don't actually use the machine in question, you can't actually
> have any rational basis for any statement whatsoever about whether a given
> security fix has been applied, right?  I'm just checking, because it really
> sounds to me like you're spreading FUD.
> 
As previously described, I'm basing my question entirely on the observed 
"NetBSD-1.6A-i386".  This has always changed for me whenever I updated 
the kernel.  That seemed a "rational basis" -- but then, the operators 
could very well have faked the information.  

Pray tell, *DID* releng fake the information?

(You don't seem to be listed at http://netbsd.org/People/groups/#releng)


> > (2) It would certainly be nice to use those file and memory speed-ups
> > that folks have added over the years.
> 
> Again, since you don't actually use the machine in question, you can't
> really say much about its performance on the basis of actual empirical
> observation, right?  

Yes, I've noticed that the time for compiling the i386 tree on that 
machine has increased by "empirical observation": 
  03:31:28 last year     [Thu May 29 06:31:33 UTC 2003]
  04:52:33 most recently [Sun Mar 28 05:44:49 UTC 2004]


> Again, I'm just curious -- both why this is a topic
> of such fascination to you 

Again, I'm just curious, making a substantive observation, and 
pertinent suggestion.


> and why you seem to think it's reasonable for
> you to be making loud, pseudo-authoritative statements about it on a

"Loud"?
(I'm reasonably certain you cannot hear me.)

"Pseudo-authoritative"?
(Are you asserting that no relevent security advisories have been 
issued since 1.6A, nor file and memory speed-ups?)

Do you take your interpersonal social pointers from Theo DeRaadt? 


> public list 
(Do you have another list in mind?)


> without making it clear that you're not, actually, in a
> position to know.
> 
I'm quite certain that my question was abundantly clear....

MANY THANKS for the friendly and informative answer! :-(
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