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Date:      Sun, 27 Dec 1998 20:01:20 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: wanton Atticizing is bad 
Message-ID:  <199812271801.UAA38580@greenpeace.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of " Sun, 27 Dec 1998 18:20:00 %2B0100." <68199.914779200@critter.freebsd.dk> 
References:  <68199.914779200@critter.freebsd.dk> 

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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> -committers is a notorious unproductive and flame-prone place to
> discuss code removal.

100% agreement.

> The criteria used is one along the lines of "Would we import this
> code today if it hadn't been in the tree?" with a healthy fudge
> factor.

This is a _really_ clear test. I'll use this from now on.

We now need (tr: I would like) some kind of "ports-like" mechanism
for kernel bits, such as example kld so devices can be written by
the general population _and_maintained_ as ports code (kinda like
the commercial sound driver).

M
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