Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:29:05 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: wine-freebsd@hub.org, Kris Moore <krismoore@comcast.net>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Daniel Eischen <deischen@FreeBSD.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, David Xu <davidxu@FreeBSD.org>, Tijl Coosemans <tijl@ulyssis.org>, Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_thr.c syscalls.master src/sys/sys Message-ID: <20070820182905.GH87451@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <46C9AE64.50705@samsco.org> References: <200708160526.l7G5Qg0b008022@repoman.freebsd.org> <46C4FD02.3090708@freebsd.org> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0708162216530.1396@sea.ntplx.net> <200708182118.37998.tijl@ulyssis.org> <20070818204223.D1234@fledge.watson.org> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0708182050070.13363@sea.ntplx.net> <46C7A9A4.5090404@samsco.org> <20070819095302.D66918@fledge.watson.org> <222044094-1187603330-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1638751523-@bxe027.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> <46C9AE64.50705@samsco.org>
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* Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> [070820 08:08] wrote: > Having it as a loadable module that is essentially private to PC-BSD > (though open source, of course) will lead to questions of why Wine works > in PC-BSD and not FreeBSD. That's fine if your intention is to create > a fork of FreeBSD, but I don't know if that's what you really want. > Honestly I think he wants to contribute to the project, but you won't to punish him for it... I don't know why, it's not like you but whatever. I gave him a way to get around all the bs and continue with life, no need to guilt trip him on it. -Alfred > Scott > > > Kris Moore wrote: > >The thought of a KLD hadn't occured to me actually. We are very close to > >releasing 1.4RC1 though, so it may be a bit to close to work that out at > >the moment. Tijl would probably be the one to ask about that though, since > >he's the one making all this come together :) > > > >However we will ship with the sys source on our disk 2, patch included. > >We'll just have to ensure we let users know when they do a csup to > >re-apply the wine patches manually. > >Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> > > > >Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:30:09 > >To:Kris Moore <krismoore@comcast.net> > >Cc:Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, Scott Long > ><scottl@samsco.org>,Daniel Eischen <deischen@FreeBSD.org>,Tijl Coosemans > ><tijl@ulyssis.org>, David Xu <davidxu@FreeBSD.org>,wine-freebsd@hub.org, > >Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>,src-committers@FreeBSD.org, > >cvs-src@FreeBSD.org,cvs-all@FreeBSD.org > >Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_thr.c syscalls.master > >src/sys/sys > > > > > >* Kris Moore <krismoore@comcast.net> [070819 08:50] wrote: > >>Even if you decide to only add this new functionality to FreeBSD 7.x, > >>that's fine with us. Our next release of PC-BSD will be our last based > >>on FreeBSD 6.x before moving to 7. We're committed to shipping with the > >>patch Tijl wrote, since the improvements to Wine with it are night and > >>day. Of course if you roll this into the tree, all the better since I > >>won't have to spend the next 6 months to a year reminding users that > >>when they update world, they have to apply the Wine patch first ;-) > > > >Kris, I support the patch. > > > >That said, have you toyed with implementing this as a kld that > >you can ship with your code? > > -- - Alfred Perlstein
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