Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 01:31:43 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Subject: Re: RFC: doscmd removal Message-ID: <20040314093143.GA4906@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20040314082307.GA80283@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> References: <20040314022615.GA21795@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <20040314052944.GA75355@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> <20040314075329.GA3927@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20040314082307.GA80283@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za>
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--XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 10:23:07AM +0200, John Hay wrote: > > > > I plan to remove doscmd from the base system for the sole reason th= at it > > > > is no longer useful. Any objections? > > >=20 > > > Why would you want to remove it? It is still very usefull. I use it > > > regularly. The only drawback currently is that the Makefile is set > > > up in such a way that it does not pick up X during a "make world", > > > so after a "make world" you have to build it again to pick up X. > > > Built without X it is less usefull. > >=20 > > This is exactly the reason why the source tree is not the right > > place for doscmd. >=20 > That might be and is the reason I asked for the reasoning behind it. One > reason why keeping it in the tree is good, is because it help pick API > changes that break it. Out in ports it might take a while to pick that > up and then it will be the poor user's problem. :-/ Doscmd use parts of > the kernel that isn't used by many other programs. Port compile problems are typically picked up on bento within a week, and often within 24 hours. Kris --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAVCZ/Wry0BWjoQKURAsAgAKD3ASidsAE5lwCaNQRh4ZuOmtpwjACfeMs1 3D1VA+RGPnlEplFoQRYb0mk= =7w2d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l--
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