From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 01:15:33 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46D381065674; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:15:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00FE28FC1F; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:15:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n0K1E1DR082191; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:14:01 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:14:35 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20090119.181435.-298663465.imp@bsdimp.com> To: obrien@FreeBSD.org From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <20090119165030.GA18409@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20090117142021.92d5a40b.stas@FreeBSD.org> <20090119165030.GA18409@dragon.NUXI.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, ed@FreeBSD.org, stas@FreeBSD.org, rwatson@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r187332 - head/tools/regression/usr.bin/jot X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:15:34 -0000 In message: <20090119165030.GA18409@dragon.NUXI.org> "David O'Brien" writes: : On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 02:00:55PM +0000, Robert Watson wrote: : > : > On Sat, 17 Jan 2009, Stanislav Sedov wrote: : > : >> Was this discussed somewhere? I don't understand why we should restrict : >> our filesystem naming because of limitation of auxilary filesystems. : >> There're even more restrictive filesystems available, we couldn't support : >> them all. While previous modifications looked harmless this one seems : >> questionable to me. : >> : >> I understand, this is a bikesched, but I really don't see a reason. You : >> can't build FreeBSD on windows anyway. : > : > Many of us would *very* much like to be able to cross-build FreeBSD from : > both Windows and Mac OS X, which would be highly desirable for embedded : > systems and appliance shops. : : Run VMware. Seriously. Or raise a serious discussion on developers@ : about this and get conciseness that cross building on MacOS X and : MS-Windows is a goal. I've tried this on my mac. It doesn't work very well at all, and it a pita for file sharing. Since there's little harm, and much benefit, why argue? Warner