From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 4 11:51:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6286437B416 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:51:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 4874B81D01; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:51:30 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:51:30 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Bruce Evans Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: truss(1) out of commission Message-ID: <20011204135130.O92148@elvis.mu.org> References: <20011205064031.O8990-100000@gamplex.bde.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011205064031.O8990-100000@gamplex.bde.org>; from bde@zeta.org.au on Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 06:43:08AM +1100 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Bruce Evans [011204 13:43] wrote: > On 4 Dec 2001, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > > Bruce Evans writes: > > > Please only commit working code. > > > > Tell that to the author of truss(1) (who also wrote procfs(5) in the > > first place). > > It used to work. Did it not work when it was first committed? Anyway, > there are many more developers now, so breaking the build or a utility > wastes more peoples time. I think what DES is aptly saying is that although it worked, the way in which it "worked" has caused us a lot problems and it deserves a good replacement. Let me also state in the author's defense (Sean i think) that it's much easier to rewrite something that has already been written than to be the initial implementor and even though it looks like it's in for a rewrite one must congratulate him on a job that has lasted us so long. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message