From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 15 16:52:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63F5A16A41F; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:52:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org (tarsier.geekcn.org [210.51.165.229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D67313C455; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:52:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from localhost (tarsier.geekcn.org [210.51.165.229]) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34DC2EB0BC8; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:52:07 +0800 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at geekcn.org Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org ([210.51.165.229]) by localhost (mail.geekcn.org [210.51.165.229]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id m8yXbtkngu2C; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:52:04 +0800 (CST) Received: from charlie.delphij.net (unknown [61.51.104.65]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23EE6EB0B8E; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:52:04 +0800 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=default; d=delphij.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject: references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=KZTkXm3Y7Aizi8Iop2nkTAofStVC3qXaDSuOIykiG92T8u7msT0G2KLmFpW1Sgpes yhyLyknSOghyf0Rtt969g== Message-ID: <4672C3B3.30901@delphij.net> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:52:03 +0800 From: Xin LI User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070615) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Bruce A. Mah" References: <200706151441.l5FEfCO5092414@repoman.freebsd.org> <1181918882.30616.22.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> <4672B456.7090109@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4672B456.7090109@freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.1 OpenPGP: url=http://www.delphij.net/delphij.asc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, Ken Smith , src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, Ken Smith , cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/i386 fixit_crunch.conf X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:52:08 -0000 Bruce A. Mah wrote: > If memory serves me right, Ken Smith wrote: >> On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 14:41 +0000, Ken Smith wrote: >>> kensmith 2007-06-15 14:41:11 UTC >>> >>> FreeBSD src repository >>> >>> Modified files: >>> release/i386 fixit_crunch.conf >>> Log: >>> The i386 "fixit" floppy began overflowing, most likely due to the new >>> gcc. Replace vi(1) with ed(1) as the editor to make the contents fit >>> on a floppy again. >>> >>> Revision Changes Path >>> 1.15 +2 -4 src/release/i386/fixit_crunch.conf >> Needing to deal with this was almost enough motivation to stop >> supporting floppies for the 7.X release but I decided that was a bit too >> drastic (just barely :-). >> >> But I think this does signal the end. Please plan around floppy support >> being nuked from HEAD some time fairly shortly after RELENG_7 gets >> branched (meaning no floppy support for 8.X). > > Clarification: This means "no support for floppy install or fixit > media". We're *not* talking about dropping support for floppy drives. It would be nice if we can also get rid of some workaorund to make loader(8) fit the floppy, e.g. to enable bzip2 support by default, on 8-CURRENT 8-) Cheers,