From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 27 00:20:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0154716A4CE for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:20:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8308043D46 for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:20:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id i5R0J8KI089665; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 19:19:08 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 19:19:08 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: "M. Warner Losh" Message-ID: <20040627001908.GA29510@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20040626231221.GA11573@dragon.nuxi.com> <3949.1088292437@critter.freebsd.dk> <20040626.181218.21873777.imp@bsdimp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040626.181218.21873777.imp@bsdimp.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: phk@phk.freebsd.dk cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: ibcs2 and svr4 compat headed for history X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:20:37 -0000 In the last episode (Jun 26), M. Warner Losh said: > In message: <3949.1088292437@critter.freebsd.dk> > "Poul-Henning Kamp" writes: > > Or could it be, just by chance, that I recognized that nobody on > > core (or the TRB) would have enough information to answer the very > > simple question: "Is there a significant use of these bits which we > > are currently unaware off ?", and therefore decided to poll a > > larger audience ? > > Polling a larger audience is a necessary step in removing the bits. > It may not be sufficient, however. One large user could veto this > removal if core@ thought it important to keep that user happy, for > example. Asking the subscribers of stable@ would be a good way to ask the main FreeBSD userbase. People interested in running ibcs2 or svr4 binaries are probably not running -current. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com