Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 14:13:32 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: tlambert2@mindspring.com Cc: mjacob@feral.com, Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RFC: Removing support for TurboChannel machines from -current Message-ID: <200107282113.f6SLDXJ02660@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 28 Jul 2001 14:00:12 PDT." <3B6327DC.282CED87@mindspring.com>
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> Let's not chase away someone who might take you up on your
> offer in the future by deleting the existing code today.
I disagree here. I'd much rather chase these hypothetical individuals
away, or at least offer them a more useful and relevant alternative.
> What does diking out the code buy you, apart from less code
> in a checked out source tree, a bigger Attic, and a large
> CVSsup/CTM delta for everyone to have to swallow?
It takes away the "moral high ground" perceived by persons such as
yourself to perpetuate support for, or argue against changes which
prejudice, obsolete, unused and irrelevant hardware.
We don't support the TC machines. It's foolish to pretend otherwise, and
simply makes for distractions at various levels. The code should go.
--
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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