From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 1 07:36:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0CB11065670 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 07:36:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from redbull.bpaserver.net (redbullneu.bpaserver.net [213.198.78.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 435688FC16 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 07:36:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (pD9E2CF93.dip.t-dialin.net [217.226.207.147]) by redbull.bpaserver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D30EB2E0C9; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:36:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from webmail.leidinger.net (webmail.leidinger.net [192.168.1.102]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62C58181C97; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:36:06 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=Leidinger.net; s=outgoing-alex; t=1228116966; bh=VPNNvHmRfbskw9JP1pMFS2RNcFbnXyUXG 7wmBN1Bhnk=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=xu07hDnZZ+dxTARzsvrgLqNJmK0XsoEoZCmhXEvw8jhBJoGRlFcuumgMKmVbDXw57 BEzNuoxk0E+dVJqmLQ4ZrGByUIUrRCY3Z73oHpoFJPvqUY3fHm17vN4pEywZ0GMJoOc GGn9lWBwpCQKqqebHFGKDwX1vTgThdPTti5c4YxhoirVxulXPmkBFlATrmrvNqUjOC3 Kbailamd9wd2jjf4uFsBolt8U0Elo/fER2N4bwfSuNcsbiio0jQ3kiMZYe0IFkP/gdv HG5+DFOfy6Zp9poO8Fc93siOO5+RBGKtZXnztHxJgl14Ta8HHlv+IjlqqseKymhGyiz HyM3KJ0ow== Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.leidinger.net (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id mB17a5Ql010834; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:36:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:36:04 +0100 Message-ID: <20081201083604.545172dag60hadc0@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:36:04 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Bruce Cran References: <49320FF7.4040901@gmail.com> <4932122A.8070209@delphij.net> <493214DC.2080904@gmail.com> <20081130004331.086941f3@tau> <49329F4A.3070004@gmail.com> <20081130103156.6e4da70c@tau> In-Reply-To: <20081130103156.6e4da70c@tau> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.3) / FreeBSD-8.0 X-BPAnet-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: D30EB2E0C9.9AD6C X-BPAnet-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-BPAnet-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, ORDB-RBL, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-12.904, required 6, BAYES_00 -15.00, DKIM_SIGNED 0.00, DKIM_VERIFIED -0.00, J_CHICKENPOX_21 0.60, MIME_QP_LONG_LINE 1.40, RDNS_DYNAMIC 0.10) X-BPAnet-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-Spam-Status: No X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:25:31 +0000 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Eitan Adler , d@delphij.net Subject: Re: change to ee.c X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:36:20 -0000 Quoting Bruce Cran (from Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:31:56 -0800= ): > On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:12:26 -0500 > Eitan Adler wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Bruce Cran wrote: >> >> > The version of ee in FreeBSD is fairly old: the latest from >> > http://mahon.cwx.net/ is 1.4.6. >> How difficult would it be to bring it up to date? How come it has not >> been updated so far? > > I'd guess it hasn't been updated because it works as it is and nobody > has taken an interest in bringing it up to date. I don't know how many > patches have been applied locally to it but that would be the main > challenge in importing a newer version: you'd have to go through the > FreeBSD CVS history and check that any changes/fixes that were made to > FreeBSD's version are either already included in the new release or > ensure that those changes get re-applied to the new version. It _may_ be more easy to find out which version is in our source tree, =20 and make a diff between the original vendor version and what we have. =20 Depending on the amount of changes there, this is faster than to real =20 all the version control logs to determine if there's a difference or =20 not. In the end you have to read some logs too, but only those, which =20 change lines which a different from those of the vendor version (e.g. =20 via the annotated view at cvsweb.freebsd.org). Bye, Alexander. --=20 In this vale Of toil and sin Your head grows bald But not your chin. =09=09-- Burma Shave http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137