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Date:      Sat, 23 Dec 2000 13:58:56 -0600
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@mu.org>
To:        David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/XFree86-aoutlibs Makefile
Message-ID:  <20001223135856.B72273@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20001223110328.C33365@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.org on Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 11:03:28AM -0800
References:  <200012210319.eBL3JEE44842@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001221122440.F628@tao.org.uk> <20001221060557.C26775@citusc.usc.edu> <20001223110328.C33365@dragon.nuxi.com>

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On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 11:03:28AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> Are you going to take responsibility of getting this done?  In this case,
> I think marking these libs forbidden is really, really the wrong thing to
> do.  We should have learned from Micro$oft that the apps drive people to
> the OS, not the otherway around.  You are now removing what some may say
> is the most important application today from running on FreeBSD.  Maybe
> that would be the last straw to send a user to another version of Unix?

I think the port [the aoutlibs for XFree86, for those of you just
tuning in] should have a warning, but not be marked forbidden.

-- 
Bill Fumerola - security yahoo         / Yahoo! inc.
              - fumerola@yahoo-inc.com / billf@FreeBSD.org





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