From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 4 08:52:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92A8A16A4CE; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:52:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hak.cnd.mcgill.ca (hak.cnd.mcgill.ca [132.216.11.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 018E043D1F; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:52:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mat@hak.cnd.mcgill.ca) Received: from hak.cnd.mcgill.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hak.cnd.mcgill.ca (8.12.9/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i54FrWK0033241; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:53:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mat@hak.cnd.mcgill.ca) Received: (from mat@localhost) by hak.cnd.mcgill.ca (8.12.9/8.12.8/Submit) id i54FrV9j033240; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:53:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:53:31 -0400 From: Mathew Kanner To: Robert Watson Message-ID: <20040604155331.GO92188@cnd.mcgill.ca> References: <20040603185353.GA32129@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organization: I speak for myself, operating in Montreal, CANADA X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.62 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.62 (2004-01-11) on hak.cnd.mcgill.ca cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: "P.D. Seniura" Subject: Re: What happened to src/sys/dev/sound/midi ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 15:52:25 -0000 On Jun 03, Robert Watson wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Brooks Davis wrote: > > > [Please wrap your lines properly. Between your complete failure to > > format your message appropriately and your extremely abrasive tone, I > > was seriously tempted to simply kill file you. :(] > > > > On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 12:42:30PM -0600, P.D. Seniura wrote: > > > So where is the URL for this quote, please? I said twice now that I > > > cannot find it. And I *still* cannot find it! (third time... ;) > > > > You could always check cvsweb. It should be the obvious first place to > > look: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/sound/midi/Attic/midi.c > > > > The mailing list archive lists the message here: > > > > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=240510+0+current/cvs-src > > All this aside, I was a bit surprised on reading the commit message to see > the current MIDI code axed before adding the new code, if the new code is > expected to be seen soon. Usually the argument for "axe now" in the > presence of "new version coming soon" is "the current version is hurting > people and should be put out of its misery". I wouldn't preclude that > being the case, but I don't remember it causine that much misery... In my humble opinion: We should axe this driver as "the current version is hurting people and should be put out of its misery". The current driver (before removal) simply didn't work and people were trying to use it. --Mat -- Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out. - Chekhov