On 6/6/2014 16:19, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On June 6, 2014 at 8:35:06 AM +0200 John Marino > I have no idea why you've decided to assume the role of preacher and > tell me what to do, but I can assure you that you are completely > ignorant of the circumstances behind my complaints. They have > absolutely nothing to do with my professional position.
That doesn't excuse your first post or any after it. > Regarding your comment about EOL, one thing has been almost constant > throughout my professional career. When a system goes EOL it isn't > deliberately broken by the vendor. The system will happily hum along > and function for years after EOL without problems. Breaking something > as vital as the ports system without proper warning is not a way to win > converts to your platform or to retain those who have used it for a long > time. The situation already been clearly explained to you. EOL has a clear definition. > Again. I think FreeBSD is a great OS. It's the only Unix platform I > use (and I've tried them all, trust me.) It saddens me to see it losing > market share because of tone deaf development processes that ignore the > end user. If I didn't give a shit, I wouldn't have complained. Yes, if indeed it is losing market share, that is why. > Your reference to Microsoft is laughable. I haven't done support or > admin work on a Windows platform in more than sixteen years. Whoosh. > As for your idiotic advice, not everyone in the world has the > wherewithal to "install some mirrors in your house", but my > recommendation to you would be to look in the ones at your house before > you ignorantly criticize others. Said the guy titling his post, "Who is the mental genius?" It was lost on you, so again more clearly: Any issue you suffered as a result of intentionally or negligently ignoring EOL is your own fault, so stop blaming others. Since I am not blaming others for my failings, why do I need to install mirrors in my house? Another nonsense gem from Paul Schmehl. John _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
