From owner-freebsd-current Mon Apr 20 14:58:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA03581 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 14:58:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from limbo.rtfm.net (nathan@rtfm.net [204.141.125.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA03535 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 21:58:35 GMT (envelope-from nathan@limbo.rtfm.net) Received: (from nathan@localhost) by limbo.rtfm.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA04645; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 17:58:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19980420175822.A4615@rtfm.net> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 17:58:22 -0400 From: Nathan Dorfman To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is xtend in the base system? Mail-Followup-To: current@FreeBSD.ORG References: <19980420155034.A4214@rtfm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Matthew N. Dodd on Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 04:20:22PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 04:20:22PM -0400, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Nathan Dorfman wrote: > > Why is xtend in the base system, anyway? It's definitely not > > essential, AFAICS. Maybe it should be moved into ports? > > Because it uses kernel drivers and would be prone to getting crufty if it > wasn't in the base. Why can't this be done as an lkm that is installed from a port/package? > Leave it be, I actually want to play with X10 at some point. Yeah, if I could find whatever hw I needed for it, controlling my house from my computer would be great. Unless, of course, it was a Linux box. Yikes. ;) Please don't Cc: me when replying to the list, I get the same message twice (mutt will stop doing this if you define the list using :lists and then use the L key for list-reply). > /* > Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life > winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to > http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 > */ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- gotcha! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message