Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 01:45:38 +0900 From: takawata@jp.freebsd.org To: Mathew Kanner <mat@cnd.mcgill.ca> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What happened to src/sys/dev/sound/midi ? Message-ID: <200406041645.i54GjcEk061517@sana.init-main.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Jun 2004 11:53:31 -0400." <20040604155331.GO92188@cnd.mcgill.ca>
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In message <20040604155331.GO92188@cnd.mcgill.ca>, Mathew Kanner さんいわく: >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. I send you again, "Are there any snapshot of your audio related work available for review?" At least, the older code shouldn't be removed until the replacement appears.home | help
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