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Date:      Thu, 03 Oct 2002 15:19:49 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>
Cc:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>, Marc Recht <marc@informatik.uni-bremen.de>, Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: expat2 in the base system? 
Message-ID:  <3632.1033651189@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 02 Oct 2002 19:32:52 EDT." <p0511170fb9c130cfa786@[128.113.24.47]> 

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In message <p0511170fb9c130cfa786@[128.113.24.47]>, Garance A Drosihn writes:

>I think it would be very prudent that any base-system expat have
>it's own name, even if it's just "expat2fb".  I have no opinion
>on whether that should be the full expat2 or a stripped down
>functionality, but I think we should make it clear that "this
>is the expat which the base system needs -- if you do not like
>this version, then use the appropriate port and don't complain
>to us about which version we install in the base system".

It sounds to me like this sums it up nicely.  The thing about it
I like is that it does not prevent us from taking the other route
later on, whereas putting an "official-looking" expat in the tree
and yanking that later would be a mess.

Any famous last words before the fat lady sings ?


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