From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 10 1: 1:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from morpheus.skynet.be (morpheus.skynet.be [195.238.2.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E903F37B98B for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 01:01:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from blk@skynet.be) Received: from [195.238.1.121] (brad.techos.skynet.be [195.238.1.121]) by morpheus.skynet.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8044CDD6; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 10:01:22 +0100 (MET) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: blk@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 09:58:27 +0100 To: Narvi From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: BSD Merger Announcement Cc: "Pedro F. Giffuni" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 10:27 AM +0200 2000/3/10, Narvi wrote: > Go 4.5BSD, Go! No, that would probably have to be more like 6.0BSD, because FreeBSD 5.0 is going to be the merged FreeBSD & BSD/OS codebase. > Anybody involved for even slightly more than shortly has probably seen a > flamewar or two. Even if they have become much more rare than they used to > be (a good thing). My understanding is that this has gone *way* beyond a flamewar, and has gotten intensely personal. We're talking serious threats of bodily harm. If we can find a way to put this behind us, or work around this problem, then I think there may be a chance that we could actually potentially see a merged codebase from all the major members of the *BSD family. -- These are my opinions and should not be taken as official Skynet policy ========================================================================= Brad Knowles, Sys. Arch., Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin Note: No Microsoft programs were used in the creation or distribution of this message. If you are using a Microsoft program to view this message, be forewarned that I am not responsible for any harm you may encounter as a result. See for details. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message