Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:10:55 -0800 (PST) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD certified software (was: WordPerfect 8 for Linux) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810280902260.532-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <36374AFD.CABEEEED@softweyr.com>
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On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Wes Peters wrote: >> The process of "Work with" should be transparent to the end user. I >> believe Terry L. proposed simply using existing package dependencies >> system to determine if software uses the Linuxulator. > >So, someone who reports that the SCO version of Froboz Corp FroSQL server >will work on FreeBSD under the SCO emulator is just noise? No, this is (When I use the example of the Linuxulator I am not excluding SCO so no, the person you mentioned above is not just making noise.) >a volunteer effort, and we should encourage participation as much as >possible. Let's not try to over-complicate this out of existence, this >project has far too much history of people wanting to build giant infra- >structure but not being willing to step up and implement it. I think there is a miscommunication here. When I say the process of "Works with" should be transparent I mean that any software should be as easy to install as a FreeBSD port. The Linux Netscape port is a prime example. The Linux Netscape is as easy to install as any native software. This requires no development of a giant infrastructure. FWIW, I think that all of the technicalities are already covered by the ports mechanism and existing FreeBSD technology. I view this branding effort as an advertising effort and not a technology development effort. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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