So maybe you want to spend a little less time ranting.
You can help out
cvs -d :pserver:cvs@xxxxxxx:/export/burn/cvsFBSDXFS login
password: cvs
cvs -d :pserver:cvs@xxxxxxx:/export/burn/cvsFBSDXFS co XFS
(note this port is not sponsored by SGI)
which is why it going very very slowly.
On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 03:57, John Haverty wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Given your detailed analysis of different Red Hat versions you might
> >have noticed that the 7.x and 8.0 errata kernels differ only the
> >version string and the conmpiler usded for building..
>
> I was referring to broken c libraries and broken compilers, and a strange
> fetish by the vendor to up versions of things that should be upped
> conservatively and never revving some important things. I have run into a
> few applications, including 'our own' that do not run properly on RedHat 8.
>
> >The XFS code is freely available - port it to FreeBSD if you think it's
> >worth the effort. I doubt my employer (SGI) is interested in wasting it's
> >time for something like that
> >(note that this is not an official statement,
> >just an educated guess)
>
> FreeBSD, waste of time? Hardly. FreeBSD is, for example, the basis for
> JunOS, a military grade piece of iron that runs the best routers on earth,
> so I hardly think of FreeBSD as a waste. Plus, FreeBSD is a meritocracy,
> well documented, coherent. One who works for a real unix vendor, such as
> SGI->Irix, should have an appreciation of FreeBSD. It's fine wine in the
> sour world of Linux. ;p
>
> I think I'll pay attention to Seth Moss' efforts @
> http://iserv.nl/files/xfs/2.4.18-24/
> It looks to be just what I need. I hope he continues with the effort. It's
> much appreciated.
>
> I also think it's sad that RedHat hasn't chosen excellence for its
> customers. XFS is the best filesystem for Linux, and they keep pushing other
> inferior alternatives. Thanks for working against them on this :)
>
> I would also like to point out that RedHat 8 is officially a desktop OS, and
> the vendor, who I deal with (and am seeking alternatives to because of this)
> is basically telling me, a paying customer this:
> You will no longer be able to get free "server" renditions of RedHat. You
> have to buy Advanced Server. Also note that Advanced Server has no publicly
> available RPMS in binary form. It's all very frustrating and needless to
> say I am an upset RedHat user and hearken back to the days of really die
> hard support for RedHat. (RedHat 7.0 and below "die" in March this year, and
> 7.1-7.3 die in December.)
>
> Thanks again anyone working on XFS for Linux, its great ;p
>
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