Subject: Re: Community Issues
To: Scott Reynolds <scott.reynolds@plexus.com>
From: Mason Loring Bliss <mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us>
List: current-users
Date: 02/21/1999 21:57:46
On Sun, Feb 21, 1999 at 04:49:55PM -0600, Scott Reynolds wrote:

> Regarding the bickering, this isn't true.  Hang out on their lists for a
> while; the grass really isn't any greener over there.

The only other OS whose lists I read at the moment is FreeBSD, and while they
have some heated discussions on freebsd-hackers, the general feel is a lot
more friendly than what I see on our side of the fence. Maybe this is
selective perception on my part, but it *is* my current perception.

> I also don't believe that we have no visible direction.  We are making
> steady progress with the integration of new ports and new hardware, and I
> don't believe that any free UN*X has matched our technical innovation.

The Debian GNU/Linux project has a page

	<http://www.debian.org/devel/release_info>

that describes what the goals of the project are for any particular release.
Such a page for NetBSD would be welcome. Right now, I track -current and
build it fairly regularly, but I have absolutely no idea what direction
we're taking, or why. Our direction is not clear to me.

-- 
Mason Loring Bliss             ((  "In the drowsy dark cave of the mind dreams
mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us  ))  build  their nest  with fragments  dropped
http://acheron.ne.mediaone.net ((   from day's caravan." - Rabindranath Tagore