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Date:      Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:54:10 +0200
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Code maintenance
Message-ID:  <19970401225410.UY37092@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199704011946.MAA11874@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert on Apr 1, 1997 12:46:06 -0700
References:  <199704011920.MAA04841@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199704011946.MAA11874@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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As Terry Lambert wrote:

> > Then adding the code into the tree is a 'bad thing', since it becomes
> > unsupported.  If no-one is willing to incorporate/support the code, then
> > it shouldn't be incorporated.
> 
> Better that it be lost forever?

Yes, see the ft(4) and aic(4) drivers for two good examples.  Both
sorely lack a maintainer, and nobody seems to be interested in doing
this job.

p.s.: Please, avoid Cc'ing me in every followup.  One message for the
mailing list is enough.
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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