From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Jul 2 19: 8:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E3637B400; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 19:08:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AD2443E4E; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 19:08:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from pool0617.cvx40-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([216.244.44.107] helo=mindspring.com) by avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17PZYu-0004R3-00; Tue, 02 Jul 2002 22:08:08 -0400 Message-ID: <3D225C47.C0D2C48D@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 19:07:03 -0700 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Sony} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RFC: Fate of /usr/share/doc/smm/10.named References: <3D209F09.1525FC90@FreeBSD.org> <3D20A868.9FCAE4B8@mindspring.com> <20020702140807.B31625@dragon.nuxi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 12:07:20PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Eventually, we may be able to bring a source tree in on a vendor > > branch, if CVSup ever gets rewritten in C so that someone can hack > > it into the code. When that happens, CVS managed projects explicit > > importation should become totally unnecessary. > > What a crutch! > I just bought a Modula-3 book from Amazon for $8.00. I *know* you have > enough programming experience that you can easily pick up Modula-3. JDP > keeps the m3 compiler port working, so you can't use the tools as an > excuse either. I already know modula-3. I'm more worried about ongoing maintenance, and acceptance of code changes back into CVSup, and portability to platforms other than FreeBSD (as politically incorrect as it is to say something like that on a FreeBSD list). Ask John Polstra how he's enjoyed being the only maintainer for the CVSup code for forever... This is getting well off the subject. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message