Subject: Re: Is NetBSD's stability crumbling?
To: T@W <lsp93@xs4all.nl>
From: SUNAGAWA Keiki <kei_sun@ba2.so-net.ne.jp>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/03/2000 04:41:57
"T@W" <lsp93@xs4all.nl> wrote:

T@W> What's happening with NetBSD lately? I saw 5 security
T@W> advisories on NetBSD within a week. What's
T@W> fundamentally causing that?

I don't know this.

T@W> To be honest the more recent the version, the more
T@W> disruptions crop up: NetBSD's stability crumbling with
T@W> every newer version and things which were ok in 1.3.*
T@W> crept in again (e.g.CAPS LOCK) and never get fixed.

What crop exactly is?  I searched NetBSD Problem database
about port-mac68k and port-mac68k mailing list from March
1999, but nothing found about that.  Did you ever file a PR?

T@W> Should we switch?

It depends.  If you want to use a feature only available in
newer version (newer pkg system, IPv6, etc.) and have some
time to pay for upgrading system, do it.

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SUNAGAWA Keiki <kei_sun@ba2.so-net.ne.jp>
Hack on NetBSD, and your code runs on 30 and more architectures!