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I would nnot consider the expanded definitions as
progress.  I would not apply the patch.  I'm of the
old school that thinks that even a few kB are worth
saving. :)

	-- Lennart

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :Lennart, Matt, Barry, USB hackers,
> :
> :On FreeBSD we have added vendor descriptiosn fo teh form
> :XYZ electrical corp.
> :
> :where on NetBSD the same ID may be described as "XYZ"
> :
> :Is there a reason to go one way or the other?
> :I'd rather not be different for no reason, but I'm loath to
> :just discard information.
> :
> :thoughts?
> 
>     Well, the expanded definitions could be defined as 'progress', so I'd
>     probably stick with them and maybe submit a patch back to NetBSD to
>     bring NetBSD in synch with the better names.
> 
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@backplane.com>
>