From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 26 19:03:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 146F016A4CE for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 19:03:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4C3DA43D49 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 19:03:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 4237 invoked by uid 65534); 26 Jun 2004 19:02:42 -0000 Received: from pD9FFD4EA.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO [192.168.8.4]) (217.255.212.234) by mail.gmx.net (mp003) with SMTP; 26 Jun 2004 21:02:42 +0200 X-Authenticated: #443188 From: Michael Nottebrock To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:02:28 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <34301.1088242340@critter.freebsd.dk> <20040626172444.GA11527@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <200406262056.38279.alex@hightemplar.com> In-Reply-To: <200406262056.38279.alex@hightemplar.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Boundary-02=_Phc3A1BpPaKgVJs"; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200406262102.39564.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> cc: Alex Keahan Subject: Re: HEADSUP: ibcs2 and svr4 compat headed for history X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 19:03:05 -0000 --Boundary-02=_Phc3A1BpPaKgVJs Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 26 June 2004 19:56, Alex Keahan wrote: > On Saturday 26 Jun 2004 8:24 pm, Tim Robbins wrote: > > The kernel's internal interfaces change; security bugs are discovered. > > Someone has to keep the code up to date, and the people who end up doing > > the work are *not* the people who advocate keeping the code around. > > That's a slippery slope and you don't want to go there. > > Maintenance of old code is the price you have to pay when you write new > code. That includes kernel interfaces and security bugs. I think you should start investigating how to best maintain the existing co= de=20 outside of the source tree and bring it back as a port instead of trying to= =20 provoke a bikeshed. It's not like like the code is going to be fed into a=20 digital shredder - in some ways, removing it from the src realm actually=20 makes it _more_ open for interested parties to contribute to. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --Boundary-02=_Phc3A1BpPaKgVJs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBA3chPXhc68WspdLARAna8AJ9dgknW8P6U/yT/odmFX6qPS9TShACgjbHj TFeNEOP6dlmidjmUEa5oakw= =RMHy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_Phc3A1BpPaKgVJs--