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FreeBSD Ports Collection Breaks 10,000 Ports

Posted by timothy on from the 10k-non-race dept.

sremick writes "After breaking the 9,000 mark in July, the FreeBSD ports collection was well on its way of crossing 10,000 by the end of 2003. Sure enough, we made it! According to freshports, the number of ports in the FreeBSD ports tree currently stands at 10,015. This little graph is also nice, though not completely current. Way to go, FreeBSD!"

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  1. Re:I'm glad BSD is dying... by sparklingfruit · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not one to feed the trolls, but they need to be countered once in a while.

    BSD is not dying, BSD is not a "terminal OS". BSD is fast, stable, scalable and rivals Linux in areas of security (especially openBSD) and openness. It's a good middle ground for developers worried about the implications of the GPL and has it's advantages as well as disadvantages.

    BSD and Linux both have their place in the Open Source world, and neither will be leaving us any time soon.

  2. Re:The End of the road for BSD by bsd_usr · · Score: 0, Troll

    Would you like to list which these are? Also, how many of the 10,000 or so ports would you consider to be most?

    Seems like there's only like 64 ports that are considered broken. Either you have some fucked up logic, but 64 out of 10,019 doesn't sound like most to me.

    Congrats to the FreeBSD. Keep up the good work! You're doing great!

  3. Re:Ports by Jerk+City+Troll · · Score: 1, Troll

    $ lynx /usr/ports/<branch>/<package>/README.html

    I know, monumentally complicated.

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