From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Jul 11 13:18:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89A8237BA31; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:18:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id NAA18872; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:18:20 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda18870; Tue Jul 11 13:18:12 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.1) id NAA13492; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:18:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200007112018.NAA13492@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> Received: from localhost.osg.gov.bc.ca(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "passer.osg.gov.bc.ca" via SMTP by localhost.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpdU13487; Tue Jul 11 13:17:32 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-Sender: cy To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group , arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? - License Issues In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 11 Jul 2000 11:05:21 PDT." <20000711110520.D84457@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:17:32 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20000711110520.D84457@dragon.nuxi.com>, "David O'Brien" writes: > On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 10:22:21AM -0700, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems > Group wrote: > > > Then how about we rip LPR from the base system and let people install the > > > printing system they need from ports? > > I was being sarcastic. I should have known this single sentence would > start a thread. As I didn't see a :) I thought you were serious. > > > This would be a huge step in the right direction. We should do the > > same with Sendmail, BIND, nvi, and every other component of the O/S. > > Everyone already agrees with this. BUT it will not -- cannot happen > until someone contributes the bits that make this happen. So it isn't > worth arguing about. It's something I've been thinking a lot about. I'm partial to to the approach used by SMP/E (System Modification Program/Extended that is supplied with MVS), however this is a heavyweight solution that will probably not fit here. The key is keeping it simple. Anyhow this is discussion is digressing and I'd rather not discuss it right now until I have a proposal to present. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message