From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 28 10:30:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA29713 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 10:30:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from janus.syracuse.net (janus.syracuse.net [205.232.47.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA29708 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 10:30:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from green@unixhelp.org) Received: from localhost (green@localhost) by janus.syracuse.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA25807; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 13:30:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 13:30:02 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Feldman X-Sender: green@janus.syracuse.net To: Pat Barron cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: So, exactly what *was* purged? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Pat Barron wrote: > I know someone asked this, but I have not seen an answer: Could someone > provide a list of exactly what was purged? It would be handy to know > things like, "this was purged, and is absolutely *not* coming back", or > "this was purged, but is being considered for reinstatement", but what I > really want to know is *exactly* what is now (today) gone, that used to be > there. Off the top of my head, it was: VoxWare floppy tape driver 3c905 driver old ATAPI CD driver PCVT I have no idea if any are coming back, although there's a great amount of people wanting VoxWare if nothing else. > > BTW, I note that these items were said to be moved "to the attic"? My > apologies if this is in a FAQ somewhere, but is this mythical "attic" of > cast-off FreeBSD pieces accessible to the public? If so, how/where? > When something is deleted in CVS, it is moved to the Attic, where it's no longer checked out, but still accessible. Nothing is ever truly purged, usually. > Thanks, > --Pat. > Brian Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ green@unixhelp.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ http://www.freebsd.org/ _ __ ___ ____ | _ \__ \ |) | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ ___ ____ _____ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message