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In message <20050619213612.GD8597@over-yonder.net>, "Matthew D. Fuller" writes:
>On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 09:36:03PM +0200 I heard the voice of
>Poul-Henning Kamp, and lo! it spake thus:
>> 
>> The major obstacle is the "cutting things down to size" process
>> using NO_FOO options.
>
>I have to wonder if exclusion is a better route than inclusion.

The main argument for exclusion is that with the sizes of flash
media we have today, fitting all of FreeBSD onto the flash image
may be a cheaper option than having somebody spend time finding
out which bits to prune.

Despite this, some machines have smaller or even very small
flash, and some way to cater for these is necessary.

Doing exclusion instead of inclusion means that the people who
do the "uncommon thing" get to do the work.

-- 
Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
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FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe    
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