From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 26 17:04:56 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA17463 for current-outgoing; Fri, 26 Dec 1997 17:04:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from smtp01.primenet.com (smtp01.primenet.com [206.165.6.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA17442; Fri, 26 Dec 1997 17:04:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr04.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp01.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA15294; Fri, 26 Dec 1997 18:04:09 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr04.primenet.com(206.165.6.204) via SMTP by smtp01.primenet.com, id smtpd015278; Fri Dec 26 18:04:03 1997 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr04.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA00810; Fri, 26 Dec 1997 18:03:56 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199712270103.SAA00810@usr04.primenet.com> Subject: Re: Bruce vandalism again To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 01:03:56 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, mike@smith.net.au, bde@zeta.org.au, jb@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au, bde@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG, grog@lemis.com, julian@whistle.com In-Reply-To: <199712202313.JAA01305@word.smith.net.au> from "Mike Smith" at Dec 21, 97 09:43:55 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > IMO, if style(9) encourages gratuitous differences between the camps, > > then style(9) is wrong. > > So you are saying that we should slavishly follow the NetBSD kernel > style? No. I'm saying you should negotiate a middle ground with them. > Just exactly who are we? I don't see the NetBSD camp doing anything to > help maintain similarities between their code and ours. FreeBSD makes CSRG code have high performance on x86. NetBSD makes CSRG code run on many platforms. Personally, I'd like CSRG code that had high performance AND ran on manyy platforms (hence the need for a middle ground). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.