On 2004.10.10 00:49:47 +0000, Jukka Marin wrote:
> 2. Panics when using softdeps.  I can't use gimp, I can't build pkgs
>    reliably.

Actually, I don't use GIMP but I use softdeps since 1.6ZG IIRC and I
never had any problems. I currently have 321 packages installed (they
were built under several versions of NetBSD - from 1.6ZG to 2.0_RC2,
which is the version I'm running ATM). Anyway, softdeps isn't
considered really stable as you can read from mount(8).

> I also consider the umass buffer problem quite serious.  Several people
> have asked for a solution on the mailing lists - even though 2.0 hasn't
> been released yet.

I don't agree that the problem is *serious*, but it's an issue that
needs to be solved ASAP without delaying 2.0 release (something serious 
would crash the system or make it unusable).

> IMHO, it would be better to postpone the 2.0 release and fix these (and
> other) serious problems than to disappoint users with bugs that affect
> regular users in common operations.

Finding the roots of the umass problem will be hard (it's memory
fragmentation), so if we're going to delay 2.0 because of that when
will it be available ? Next year ? Is it worth ? :-(

Regards.
-- 
Rui Paulo                          "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
                                      -- Leonardo da Vinci