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NetBSD Packages Collection No Longer Frozen

jschauma writes "As many users will probably have noticed by the increase in recent pkgsrc commits, the NetBSD Packages Collection freeze is now officially over. Starting October 6th, 2003 and lasting almost two months, the NetBSD Packages team concentrated upon stabilizing the over 4,000 software packages and the pkgsrc infrastructure to prepare for a stable pkgsrc branch. During that time, the number of broken packages during a i386 bulk build was brought down to a mere 15, and a large number of PRs was closed. A new branch with the tag ``pkgsrc-2003Q4'' was created, allowing our users to maintain a highly stabilized third-party software package managment environment, as only pullups of significant importance (such as security issues) are applied to this branch."

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  1. A Nice Cake Is Waiting For You tsarkon reports by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actual email from Lori, an "ISD People Director," to Wal-Mart Associates:

    From: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
    Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 10:13 AM
    To: ISD All Information Systems
    Subject: Inappropriate us of restrooms

    Dead ISD Associates,

    We continue to hear complaints about the DGTC restrooms being unavailable for use while they are being cleaned. Many of you have asked why the restrooms are cleaned so often during the day, or why we cannot leave them open for use while they are being cleaned. I think that it is important that I share with you the juvenile and disrespectful behavior of a few of your fellow associates so that you can understand why. This note will not be a pretty one, but hopefully you will be as outraged by this behavior as we have been, and help us to stop these few associates who's poor behavior is effecting so many others.

    In recent weeks we have had associates clog the toilet bowls with nearly a whole roll of toilet tissue, urinate on the floor and walls, smear human waste on the walls, and leave human waste on the floor or in receptacles not meant for waste. One day an associate left a note taped to the stall which read "A nice cake is waiting for you". Inside the stall was a mound of waste left on top of the toilet. For a few days we tried to leave the restrooms open while the custodial associates were cleaning. We had several incidents where the custodial associates were shown disrespect. One associate used the urinal right next to where the custodian was cleaning and sprayed urine on the custodial associate's arm. We have a duty to provide an harassment free work environment for all associates, and could not continue to allow the restrooms be open during cleaning after these incidents took place. The general practice across the Home Office is to close the restrooms while they are being cleaned.

    We don't know who is responsible for this behavior, but do know that peers holding each other accountable to do what is right is a core principle in our Wal-Mart Culture, and the only way we will stop this. Don't tolerate it if you happen to see or hear about behavior that you know is wrong. Let your manager or a member of the people group know if you are aware of who left the note regarding the "nice cake" in the bathroom (it happened to be the 1st floor men's bathroom at the blue wall.) This incident was clearly a malicious act.

    Thank you for your support. We know that you will be as concerned as we are to have this happening in our building. This behavior demonstrates a lack of respect for our facilities crew and for all ISD Associates.

    Lori xxxxxxx
    ISD People Director
    Phone: xxx xxx xxxx
    Fax: xxx xxx xxxx
    Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Confidential

    http://www.fuckedcompany.com/images/cake.html

  2. Re:Yay! you can compile for... by __aafkqj3628 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You can compile for other cpus and even other CPU architectures on one machine for use on another.

    I belive the word 'sarcasm' plays a role in my original post.

    A nice cake is waiting for you

    Oooo! What kind of cake?

  3. Re:Yay! you can compile for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  4. Re:Yay! you can compile for... by __aafkqj3628 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's nice to see my antics don't go unnoticed ;)

  5. Re:It wasn't frozen. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And so was your cock when you saw that Linux actually booted this morning.

  6. Re:*BSD is dying: some questions for consideration by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I suppose it's nice to see that you don't reserve these postings just for FreeBSD. But I do have a few questions:

    1. Do you actually have a script to repost this thing, or do you take the time to do that manually? (I'm guessing since you left out the msmith post, that it's manual, but ...)
    2. Now that there are even more forks of FreeBSD and OpenBSD, are you going to post this every time they do something too? Isn't the fact that there are more forks mean that BSD is still pretty lively? After all, people seem to think "the more the merrier" in terms of Linux distros. Or do you not agree with that, either?
    3. Did you actually get thrown off one of the BSD projects, and if so, why? If not, why the steadfast opposition? The fact that it's not GPL?
    4. Do you really think your postings have any effect on anyone after all this time? If so, why? If not, why continue?
    5. If you really hate BSD all that much, why not just ignore it and use something else instead?
    6. Do you actually contribute anything to any software project at all, or just these postings? If so, to what project(s) exactly?
    7. Do you actually want to open up a dialogue, or is a monologue your entire goal? And if so, why?
    8. Do you ever intend to come out from behind your mask of anonymity, and if not, why not?
    9. Do you ever intend to grow up and get a life?

  7. FreeBSD flaws by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    FreeBSD suffers from a couple of serious process flaws -- it is an operating system which is truly at home neither in the open-source nor the proprietary markets primarily because, although the source is open, the development team is not. Furthermore the license allows proprietary software to "steal" source code and use it. The combination of these problems leads to a somewhat inferior OS.

    Now, Apache uses a BSD style license but they have an open development model which allows them to take advantage of a very large developer pool in order to stay ahead of their competition. In fact although proprietary versions of Apache exist which perform better than the official releases, SGI has put out some open source patches which generate even larger performance boosts. This is the reason why they have such a strong showing in terms of market share.

    BSD once had potential but the procedural problems they are experiencing hurt it when it comes to the market. I suspect that this is probably in part because the BSD teams are not interested in such things, and that is a shame... In fact, although I labeled it as an inferior OS, this is not due to lack of progress within BSD -- it has been progressing somewhat, but rather because all the improvements they make tend to be quickly copied by their competitors AND they lack the developer pool to stay ahead of this game (a problem which does not exist in the Linux or Apache communities, though for somewhat different reasons).

    I don't think that there is enough widespread support for BSD to save the operating system. What must be done is an opening up of the development process OR a GPL-style restriction on redistribution. In many ways I favor the former.

    Even in a worst case scenario, I don't see BSD completely dying. I think the developers are less into competition and more into a sort of idealized cooperation. As a result, even if BSD becomes more marginalized, I don't think that it will die outright. It will most likely outlive Netware, for example.

    1. Re:FreeBSD flaws by acidtripp101 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I honestly don't see how this was modded Informative...
      This is the same GPL vs BSD flamewar that has been going on for a while now. It's definatly NOT informative.
      The BSDs choose to use a BSD style liscence because they don't care about having a huge market share. They just want very good software EVERYWHERE. There is little hope in hiding the fact that nearly EVERY OS uses BSD code somewhere (usually in the network stack).
      BSD style liscences are GREAT for standards, because then any operating system that wants to implement that standard can just copy and paste the source. It doesn't matter whether it's open or closed source.
      Linux trolls just have this screwy view on the real world. GPL is great for the open source community, but that's it! BSD is great for the computer industy as a whole. To be honest, I don't care what operating system I use, as long as it get's the job done. It just so happens that right now, linux (on the desktop) get's the job done better than anything else.
      You really need to get your head out of the corporate mindset, and realize that you don't have to turn a profit to be successful.

      DISCLAIMER: This isn't a flame, trust me. The views and ideas expressed here are intended to open the mind of a GPL whore. Mod this down if you think it's nessisary.

      --
      Not Free(as in beer). Free(as in "I'm free to beat you over the head for being a dumbass")
    2. Re:FreeBSD flaws by rsax · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      FreeBSD suffers from a couple of serious process flaws -- it is an operating system which is truly at home neither in the open-source nor the proprietary markets primarily because, although the source is open, the development team is not. Furthermore the license allows proprietary software to "steal" source code and use it. The combination of these problems leads to a somewhat inferior OS.

      OK let me try to figure this out. If you have a patch for the Linux kernel which enhances functionality or fixes bugs then you ask for it to be integerated into the official source. Similarily if you have a patch for any component of the the main three BSD operating systems then you ask for it to be integerated. In both scenarios if the patch is determined to be of good quality and safe then it is accepted. So just how is the BSD development process any less "open"?

      Now, Apache uses a BSD style license but they have an open development model which allows them to take advantage of a very large developer pool in order to stay ahead of their competition. In fact although proprietary versions of Apache exist which perform better than the official releases, SGI has put out some open source patches which generate even larger performance boosts. This is the reason why they have such a strong showing in terms of market share.

      And now suddenly your opinion of the BSD license changes. Apache is released with a BSD license but yet it isn't inferior to you eventhough commercial versions of it exist. How convenient. Apple "steals" BSD code and yet they contribute back too... who would've thunk it?

      I don't think that there is enough widespread support for BSD to save the operating system.

      Nice subtle trolling. What exactly does it need to be saved from? BSD has been around longer than Linux and I don't see it's development being affected. Thank you please don't come again.

  8. Horses are somewhat different from other animals i by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Horses are somewhat different from other animals in the way their cock head works. When a horse is fully erect and excited and ready to mount, his cock head is somewhat pointed and not as thick as might be normally observed.

  9. A full grown stallion's cock, when fully erect, wi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A full grown stallion's cock, when fully erect, will measure some two to three feet long. It can be three to six inches thick at the base, to about two inches thick at the head.

  10. NOONE SHOULD ATTEMPT VAGINAL OR ANAL INTERCOURSE W by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    NOONE SHOULD ATTEMPT VAGINAL OR ANAL INTERCOURSE WITH A STALLION unless they have are experienced in fist fucking or have taken a large dog in to the max ( IE knot and all). A horse has an enormus cock and could do serious damage to someone who is not prepared.
  11. Rubbing some hot mare piss on a stallions nose wil by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rubbing some hot mare piss on a stallions nose will make him horny as hell! He will be all over you! Once a stallion smells that he doesn't care what he fucks! He just wants a hot hole.

  12. A horse cock can easily grow as big as the knot in by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A horse cock can easily grow as big as the knot in a large dogs cock so if you can't take that in then you aren't ready. PS. A large dog can stretch you where a horse can fit if you make the switch before the hole shrivels.

  13. Horses that have been castrated still got a hardon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Horses that have been castrated and they still got a hardon!!! Also pet & rub the horse and rub his cock...don't pull on it hard.. be gentle...big as it is it is still tender!

  14. Bringing a wild horse to orgasm can be difficult by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bringing a wild horse to orgasm can be more difficult. They are used to a mares pussy which is several degrees hotter then a humans

  15. Most stud farms use artificial insemination, the s by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Most stud farms use artificial insemination, the stallions are aroused by the scent of mares in heat and then an artificial vagina filled with warm water is slipped over their cock and they reach orgasm

  16. smell some horse pussy juice then he will be erect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you rub his belly and sheath slowly and gently and let him smell some horse pussy juice then he will erect.

  17. *BSD's Wailing Song by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The *BSD Wailing Song

    What's left for me to see
    In my ship I sailed so far
    What can the answer be
    Don't know what the questions are.
    And after all I've done
    Still I cannot feel the sun
    Tell me save me
    In the end our lost souls must repent.
    I must know it is for certain
    Can it be the final curtain
    As long as the wind will blow
    I'll be searching high and low.
    Who knows what's really true
    They say the end is so near
    Why are we all so cruel
    We just fill ourselves with fear.
    And heaven and hell will turn
    All that we love shall burn
    Hear me trust me
    In the end our lost sould must repent.
    I must know it is for certain
    Can it be the final curtain
    As long as the wind will blow
    I'll be searching high and low
    Final curtain
    Final curtain

  18. *BSD Sux0rs by *BSD+Jihad · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    In a startling turn of events today, a previously little-known fact came into the public eye: "*BSD Sux0rs". This came as a complete surprise to the BUWLA, or BSD Users With Large Assholes, as they previously thought that *BSD 0wned.
    "You see, even though I have never contributed code to any BSD project, I thought it was my duty to be a big asshole to others which don't use the OS I do, because it just 0wnz.", said one FreeBSD user. "Now that I know it sux0rs, though, I have to go find something else to be an asshole about."

    One notorious OpenBSD fanatic known as WideOpen, told reporters, "I have to kill myself. This isn't how it was supposed to happen. My BSD has always been the best, and shouting that opinion in other people's faces at every chance I got has been my only hobby. It was all I ever did. It was what got me out of bed in the morning. Now I have to die. I will jam my bedpost up my ass until I hit my brain. It is the only way to go: BSD style."

    In the volatile world of operating systems anything can happen. "At least we don't sux0r as much as Windows users", BigAzz, a relatively well-known NetBSD user said. "Screaming things in people's faces is my calling. Now I need to scream that BSD sux0rs. What a sad world. At least I won't kill myself like those uber-asshole OpenBSD guys. They are just way over the top. Or were, at least."

    Nobody knows for sure what the future holds for the state of operating systems, but with Netcraft confirming the sux0r status, *BSD users all over the world will have to stick something else up their asses from now on or risk looking even more gay than they used to.

  19. Re:This is the horse cock thread by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'd like to put my horse cock in side your ass, if you don't mind

  20. Re:It wasn't frozen. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But the original poster was a BSD user talking about a Linux user's penis.

  21. Re:This is the horse cock thread by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'd like to put my horse cock in side your ass, if you don't mind

    To that, I say: NEIGH, YOU CAN'T!