Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:52:49 -0800 From: Doug <Studded@san.rr.com> To: obrien@nuxi.ucdavis.edu Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wanton Atticizing is bad Message-ID: <368B1F41.62B93784@san.rr.com> References: <199812272253.OAA23572@bubble.didi.com.newsgate.clinet.fi> <x2g1a16ix8.fsf@katiska.clinet.fi> <19981228100010.B28404@nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien wrote: > Or doing it 1st thing in 3.1-CURRENT, after 3.0-STABLE is branched. This > makes our intentions clear, and gives pcvt people time to realize they > either need to write vt100 emulation in syscons or loss the > functionality. Deleting something that *doesn't* work and has no maintainer makes sense. Deleting something that *DOES* work (like voxware or pcvt) is simply foolish. I'm a vocal advocate of deleting and/or port'ifying some of the cruft in our tree, but deleting something that works without providing a suitable substitute gains you nothing and pisses off your customers. Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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