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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 23:12:50 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> 
>   Is there anyone tracking the changes that are made to the 4.4 source
> in NetBSD/OpenBSD and incorporating the changes into the FreeBSD tree on
> a regular basis?  If not, what is the common feeling of if this would be

No, and we really wish there were more people willing to do that!
It's one of our #1 wish-list items, since we're essentially throwing
away free fixes and enhancements otherwise.

> a do-able and useful contribution to FreeBSD in general for a person
> that is generally already fairly taxed but wants to help?  Perhaps the

We'd be very supportive of this.

> changes are too extreme but my original thought was that the trees would
> be similar enough that finding and understanding the changes would be
> possible.

I think that's generally true, especially for userland stuff.

					Jordan