On Dec 10, 2005, at 5:36 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> I suspect before long, the VAX won't even be supported any more. It's 
> been several years since you last could run build.sh from start to 
> finish on a native build on a VAX. And all the new stuff they keep 
> adding just means it's getting slower and slower, for almost no return 
> (in my view). Building on a VAX 8650 now takes over a week for just 
> /usr/src.

   It *is* particularly irritating that NetBSD is becoming so bloated.  
For years I touted (and deployed) NetBSD as a screaming fast, 
lightweight OS.  Sadly that is no longer the case.

   I personally feel somewhat guilty for having all but abandoned 
NetBSD/vax for my own uses.  It's not for lack of desire; I just 
haven't had the time to mess with it.  I have a large number of very 
beefy VAXen here (two 7000s, many 4000-x00s, and a few 4000-90s) but no 
time.

   Perhaps I shall get one or two running with a recent release of 
NetBSD just to purify my soul a bit. :)

             -Dave

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Dave McGuire, Cape Coral, FL
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