From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jun 19 10:20:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA01918 for current-outgoing; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 10:20:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA01911; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 10:20:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id LAA06390; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 11:19:59 -0600 Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 11:19:59 -0600 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199606191719.LAA06390@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Nate Williams , Poul-Henning Kamp , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tcl -- what's going on here. In-Reply-To: <24614.835204652@time.cdrom.com> References: <199606191527.JAA05879@rocky.sri.MT.net> <24614.835204652@time.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan K. Hubbard writes: > > Unless you can say that NO-ONE is willing to do the bmake-munging > > process for them, then this is a moot point. Apparently Peter already > > did, and I don't see a burning need for doing groff. > > By now you've alraedy read my other responses so I'll not belabor the > point. Suffice it to say that I don't see an abundance or scarcity of > `bmakers' as the issue so much as I do the difficulty involved. Again, my arguement is that the 'difficulty' is part and parcel of being in the tree. > I'd hoped we could get off that treadmill. If it weren't difficult > then you wouldn't even have to say: See above. It's a worthwhile difficulty, in the same manner as re-writing the VM system was worthwhile and adding laptop capability was worthwhile. The time spent isn't always fun, but the resultant product is. Nate