From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jan 22 9:31:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from pluto.psn.net (pluto.psn.net [207.211.58.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EB4C14F7B; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 09:31:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from will@shadow.blackdawn.com) Received: from 18-108.008.popsite.net ([209.69.196.108] helo=shadow.blackdawn.com) by pluto.psn.net with esmtp (PSN Internet Service 3.12 #1) id 12C4NT-0000iy-00; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 10:31:13 -0700 Received: by shadow.blackdawn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 98EBC1B1C; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 12:31:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 12:31:09 -0500 From: Will Andrews To: Shigeyuki Fukushima Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: bzip2 in src tree (Was Re: ports/16252: bsd.port.mk: Add bzip2 support for distribution patches) Message-ID: <20000122123109.E59732@shadow.blackdawn.com> References: <86ya9j61fy.wl@localhost.local.idaemons.org> <20000121165416.NMLY2135.t-mta3.odn.ne.jp@athena.shige.org> <86vh4n5kae.wl@localhost.local.idaemons.org> <20000122154518.HPCY19862.t-mta1.odn.ne.jp@athena.shige.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20000122154518.HPCY19862.t-mta1.odn.ne.jp@athena.shige.org>; from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 12:44:46AM +0900 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 12:44:46AM +0900, owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG wrote: > Truely, I wish to import bzip2 to -current src tree. :) > Is there a problem about some restriction for distributing bzip2? > # I'm sorry I don't know about that. <2 5003-0> (00-01-22 12:27:37) [will@shadow /usr/ports/archivers/bzip2]% cat pkg/DESCR This is bzip2, a advanced block-sorting file compressor. It is believed to be free from any patents. WWW: http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/ Nope - looks like it could be a candidate for importing to the source tree. However, I'm not sure everyone on current@ is going to agree, since we already have something for compression (gzip) that is pretty standard around the world. -- Will Andrews GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message