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Date:      Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:11:13 -0500
From:      Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>
To:        asmai@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Diking out ports a.out support
Message-ID:  <20000731081113.I735@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000701235931.C69938@argon.gryphonsoft.com>; from andrews@technologist.com on Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 11:59:31PM -0400
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On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 11:59:31PM -0400, Will Andrews wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 10:50:08PM -0500, Ade Lovett wrote:
> > Good.  Because we're talking about 2.x-only options being removed.
> > a.out support in particular.  And you can't count 3.0-RELEASE.
> 
> I'd like to see a.out support go too, because people who use 2.x systems
> obviously have no need to use ports; we haven't officially supported 2.x
> in a long time; bento hasn't build 2.x packages in a very long time,
> etc. etc.
> 
> I don't see why we can't pull PORTOBJFORMAT pending the 4.1-RELEASE.

Satoshi,

Now that 4.1-RELEASE is out of the door, and we have until
around November until 4.2, can we get "official" go-ahead to
kill a.out support from ports?

-aDe [somewhere in Gatwick Airport]

-- 
Ade Lovett, Austin, TX.			ade@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD: The Power to Serve		http://www.FreeBSD.org/


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