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Date:      Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:25:45 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>
Cc:        Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.freebsd.org>, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: are the vmware3* ports still needed?
Message-ID:  <20070723092248.J9030@thor.farley.org>
In-Reply-To: <200707221126.57742.lists@jnielsen.net>
References:  <20070722061625.GD4336@soaustin.net> <46A336F6.6040103@jp.FreeBSD.org> <200707221126.57742.lists@jnielsen.net>

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On Sun, 22 Jul 2007, John Nielsen wrote:

*snip*

> Anyway, I think that the emulators/vmware3 port should remain at least
> until a usable replacement appears. If there _is_ a compelling
> argument to axe it, a heads-up should probably go to a wider audience
> than -emulation, possibly including one or more of -ports, -questions
> and -stable.

I saw this changeset[1] for VirtualBox recently.  It offers a little
hope for another alternative.  Obviously, it is not complete, yet the UI
supposedly builds already on FreeBSD.

Sean
   1. http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/3680
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scf@FreeBSD.org



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