Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 21:07:24 -0700 From: Evan Oulashin <eno@pdxconnect.com> To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: am I missing something? Message-ID: <399B64FC.E7D8A1F2@pdxconnect.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Pardon my possible ignorance here, but isn't there some truth to the concept that since the BSDi merger, there will be lots of code floating here and there, merging here and there, such that the essence of a sparc version would just evolve out of all of that? It would seem that it might be to BSDi's advantage to perhaps act as some sort of guiding force/supplier of sorts to ensure that the various BSDs have whatever they need to pull together and produce more of the same great code that we've all come to know and love. To anyone who's been on the list more than a couple of months it should be quite clear that a> there's NO effort currently going into the sparc port, and b> there's NO one out there willing to pick up the banner and run with it. Maybe this is really saying, hey, if I want BSD on Sparc, I'll just run Open or Net. Or, maybe this says, hey, Solaris just does such a bang up job (right) that why would we spend the time... What might happen, for instance, if there were to evolve a base distribution which contained all of what's good in Free, Net, and Open, as well as BSD, and then at install time/compile time, whatever, the user then merely selected those attributes from whatever system that would work well for him? I realize this is some gross oversimplification of tons of code here, but I must admit, I've always sort of marveled at the fact that the 4 factions just sort of continue on their own paths rather than joining forces and perhaps producing the sum of all good... Just idle ramblings... hope this hasn't taken up anyone's time to any extent... Comments welcome though. eno To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?399B64FC.E7D8A1F2>