From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Oct 1 02:31:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA09693 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 02:31:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail13.digital.com (mail13.digital.com [192.208.46.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA09681 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 02:31:00 -0700 (PDT) From: garyj@frt.dec.com Received: from cssmuc.frt.dec.com by mail13.digital.com (8.7.5/UNX 1.2/1.0/WV) id FAA28827; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 05:28:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost by cssmuc.frt.dec.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/14Nov95-0232PM) id AA13475; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 10:28:05 +0100 Message-Id: <9610010928.AA13475@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message from Robert Eckardt of Tue, 01 Oct 96 04:10:23 +0200. Reply-To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Subject: Re: isdn code Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 01 Oct 96 11:28:05 +0200 X-Mts: smtp Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de writes: > > > >> Unless sufficient many people come out in defense of the current isdn > > > >> code in the FreeBSD tree, it will be removed because of lack of suppor -t > > > >> from developers. > > > > > > > >What is "unsupported" about it such that it makes you want to remove > > > >the code? > > > > > > Well, nobody seems to use it or support it. > > > > I thought many Germans were using it, since their country has a real > > communications infrastructure, unlike ours. > > YES, I'm using it. (Me too, me too, ... :-) > > I see 2 `standard' applications: [snip] > 2) dynamic syncPPP or X.75 conections -- like our computer center offers. > With the growing popularity (and falling prices :-) things became > interesting to John and Jane Doe to connect to thier providers. > (is/was being worked on, to my knowledge.) > not with the old code. The only development effort that I'm aware of is using bisdn as the base. bisdn != what's now in the tree. I'd like to know just how many people are using the ISDN code currently in the tree vs. the bisdn stuff which is available on ftp://ftp.muc.ditec.de/isdn/bisdn-0.97.tar.gz (or something like that :) --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org