Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 14:23:44 +0200 From: Ulrich =?utf-8?B?U3DDtnJsZWlu?= <uqs@spoerlein.net> To: Ben Fiedler <bfiedler@asu.edu> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSoC: BSD text tools Message-ID: <20100524122343.GB85712@acme.spoerlein.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik90k1HlsDJsIgRhCnAcU8_ympR15ZJcoL07A5m@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTik90k1HlsDJsIgRhCnAcU8_ympR15ZJcoL07A5m@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 24.05.2010 at 00:08:30 -0700, Ben Fiedler wrote: > I'll be working on replacing groff with mdocml (mandoc) in the system base > (and yes, I am aware of Gordon's work on a man > replacement<http://people.freebsd.org/%7Egordon/man.sh>). > In addition, I will be creating or (more likely) porting BSD-ish licensed > feature-complete replacements for: diff, sort, sdiff, diff3, also moving > them into the base (and yes, I know of the bsddiff and bsdsort ports). > Finally, I will perform some benchmark comparisons between these new tools > and their GNU counterparts. > > More info is available at my project page: > http://wiki.freebsd.org/SOC2010BenFiedler > > Any feedback or questions are most welcome. Please contact me regarding mdocml/mandoc work, as I already have a tree set up for the mdocml inclusion and have been working with Kristaps and Ruslan to get this all in good shape for an eventual import. thx, Uli
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