Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 13:04:08 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: Thorsten Futrega <tfutrega@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Major commits in the tree coming soon Message-ID: <3ED64B98.6050101@math.missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030529171842.4689.qmail@web21401.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030529171842.4689.qmail@web21401.mail.yahoo.com>
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Thorsten Futrega wrote: > > The most important changes I'm going to commit today: > > - Remove gcc and replace it with a new TenDRA > snapshot. > - Remove GNU tar. I really don't see a need for any version of tar to be in the base system. I mean, where does it actually get used (other than things like installation, which don't really matter). > > - Fix httpd.ko to make it work on buggy AMD > processors. > - Drop support for 386 and 486 cpus. Shouldn't we also drop support for the earlier pentium systems as well? I think that we can safely assume that everyone is running a pentium 4 or better. > > - Remove ext2 support (GPL encumbered). Remove ffs support also (BSD license encumbered). > > - Add perl 5.8 *and* python 2.2 to base. I agree - perl makes a perfect replacement for tar. > > - Remove Sendmail and replace it with Postfix. I prefer USPS. -- Stephen Montgomery-Smith stephen@math.missouri.edu http://www.math.missouri.edu/~stephen
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