Subject: Re: Incorrect information on www.netbsd.org
To: Torbjorn Granlund <tege@swox.com>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 06/16/1999 03:00:53
Well, I don;t know what kind of problem you're having, but NetBSD 1.4 is=20
running just fine on my AlphaPC 164LX.
On 16 Jun 1999, Torbjorn Granlund wrote:
> NetBSD no longer works on important machines, but www.netbsd.org claims
> otherwise. I have run NetBSD on my Alphas and Macintoshes for several
> years, but 1.4 just panics on all machines I have tried so far. My and
> other people's bug reports are silently ignored.
>=20
> Of course, nobody can demand that you fix bugs unless they pay you to do =
so.
> But one can ask you not to claim support for machines where the current
> release just plain doesn't work.
>=20
> Therefore, please stop claiming support for Alpha PC164LX and similar
> systems, as well as support for Macs such as the 9600. I get reports in
> private mail that there are identical panics for many other Mac systems t=
oo.
> (My macppc install instructions are used by many people, and then I get
> report about the install failures.)
>=20
> NetBSD 1.4 is the first NetBSD release I have come across that has caused=
me
> any problems whatsoever. All previous releases have worked great. But
> NetBSD 1.4 fails to operate at all on the systems I have tried so far.
>=20
> --=20
> Torbj=F6rn
>=20
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