From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Jul 7 13: 3:44 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mercury.mich.com (mercury.mich.com [64.79.64.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4F4C37C05F; Fri, 7 Jul 2000 13:03:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from will@almanac.yi.org) Received: from argon.gryphonsoft.com (pm011-032.dialup.bignet.net [64.79.82.0]) by mercury.mich.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA19135; Fri, 7 Jul 2000 16:00:11 -0400 Received: by argon.gryphonsoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2E2C31997; Fri, 7 Jul 2000 15:58:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 15:58:08 -0400 From: Will Andrews To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai Cc: Brett Glass , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Narvi , Dann Lunsford , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No port of Opera? (Was: ((FreeBSD : Linux) :: (OS/2 : Windows))) Message-ID: <20000707155808.J10303@argon.gryphonsoft.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000706225433.0475b4d0@localhost> <54201.962945434@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20000706225433.0475b4d0@localhost> <20000707082704.Z35215@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20000707003817.04760d40@localhost> <20000707211621.C35215@daemon.ninth-circle.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000707211621.C35215@daemon.ninth-circle.org>; from asmodai@wxs.nl on Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 09:16:21PM +0200 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 09:16:21PM +0200, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > We are not emulating Linux. We are merely mapping the Linux syscalls to > appropriate BSD ones. Please use the correct terms for that, since this > is essential to the debate you wish to carry. We could document which Linux syscalls should be changed into what BSD syscalls, to ease the job of porting. -- 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-advocacy" in the body of the message