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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eff!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!cf-cm!isl-gate.elsy.cf.ac.uk!paul From: paul@isl-gate.elsy.cf.ac.uk (Paul) Subject: Re: NetBSD-0.9 to FreeBSD-??? Message-ID: <1994Jul15.102530.17910@cm.cf.ac.uk> Sender: paul@isl-gate.elsy.cf.ac.uk (Paul) Organization: ELSYM, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, UK. References: <3031ps$d1u@dopey.cc.utexas.edu> <michaelv.774191014@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 10:25:28 +0000 Lines: 23 In article <michaelv.774191014@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu>, Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@iastate.edu> wrote: > >I'd be just a little more patient. NetBSD-1.0 is excellent, very >stable, very fast, has lots of bug fixes. It will also be the first >completely 4.4BSD-lite based kernel (totally USL unencumbered). This is undoubtedly going to be considered inflammatory but I just don't accept the claim that NetBSD-1.0 is a "completely 4.4BSD-lite based kernel" since merging in bits of 4.4 to the existing NetBSD tree does not constitute in my opinion a completely 4.4-lite based system. Incidentally, a completeley 4.4BSD-lite kernel wouldn't mean an unencumbered system since the whole Net-2 tape is encumbered. ANY file which can be traced back to that tape which you still have will encumber the release. Have you brought over every man page from 4.4-lite for instance or are there still Net-2 man pages lying around. -- Paul Richards, FreeBSD core team member. Intelligent Systems Laboratory, ELSYM ,University of Wales, College Cardiff Internet: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk, JANET(UK): RICHARDSDP@CARDIFF.AC.UK