From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jun 19 01:53:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA26042 for current-outgoing; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 01:53:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vector.jhs.no_domain (slip139-92-42-150.ut.nl.ibm.net [139.92.42.150]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA26022; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 01:53:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vector.jhs.no_domain (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id BAA24239; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 01:59:45 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199606182359.BAA24239@vector.jhs.no_domain> X-Authentication-Warning: vector.jhs.no_domain: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: xditview From: "Julian H. Stacey" Reply-To: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: Vector Systems Ltd. Address: Holz Strasse 27d, 80469 Munich, Germany Phone: +49.89.268616 Fax: +49.89.2608126 (later) Web: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ Mailer: EXMH 1.6.7, PGP available In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 18 Jun 1996 07:35:28 PDT." <292.835108528@time.cdrom.com> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 01:59:45 +0200 Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, Reference: > From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" > > Well, if ones source tree were 99% X source code free, wouldn't you be > tempted to go for that final 1%? :-) Yes, If it had never gone in it would have been fine, or if it had been in only a short while, but it seems dubious from a quality control viewpoint, to now remove a facility CD users have had at least 2 releases to get used to having available (2.0.5 & 2.1). A simple .if exist .... SUBDIR += would suffice, wouldn't it ?. > In any case, I think the handwriting is on the wall for a different > approach to packages like groff and gcc (encapsulation) and, if/when > that happens, things like xditview will magically "come back" for > free. Shudder ... `unbundling' Eh ? Stripped down op. systems with optional C compiler & text processing systems ? however, there might be a benefit to not having to BSD-make convert the mega FSF distribs such as gcc & groff etc, each time they upgrade. Julian -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/