From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 5 01:51:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D25916A4CE for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 01:51:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd5mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9D0843D55 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 01:51:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from pd2mr8so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr8so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.11])2003))freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Sun, 04 Jul 2004 19:47:46 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml10so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.80]) by pd2mr8so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I0C009EBVNMAW00@pd2mr8so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Sun, 04 Jul 2004 19:47:46 -0600 (MDT) Received: from piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk (S0106006067227a4a.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.233.42]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I0C00FTNVNK57@l-daemon> for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Sun, 04 Jul 2004 19:47:46 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 18:47:13 -0700 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: X-Sender: cperciva@popserver.sfu.ca (Unverified) To: Joel Dahl Message-id: <6.1.0.6.1.20040704184247.03bf1670@popserver.sfu.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.0.6 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rewrite cvsup & portupgrade in C X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 01:51:05 -0000 At 08:12 04/07/2004, Joel Dahl wrote: >1) Is there a need for a rewrite of cvsup and portupgrade in C so that they can be included in the base system? Yes please. :-) >2) Are there any ongoing projects of rewriting them in C? mux is currently writing csup, which is a C version of cvsup. I'm not aware of anyone rewriting portupgrade. Colin Percival