From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 20 18:31:00 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B1C416A41A; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:31:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73EE813C478; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:30:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 807161A4D8D; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:29:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:29:05 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Scott Long Message-ID: <20070820182905.GH87451@elvis.mu.org> References: <200708160526.l7G5Qg0b008022@repoman.freebsd.org> <46C4FD02.3090708@freebsd.org> <200708182118.37998.tijl@ulyssis.org> <20070818204223.D1234@fledge.watson.org> <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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46C9AE64.50705@samsco.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:33:23 +0000 Cc: wine-freebsd@hub.org, Kris Moore , src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Daniel Eischen , Robert Watson , David Xu , Tijl Coosemans , Xin LI Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_thr.c syscalls.master src/sys/sys X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:31:00 -0000 * Scott Long [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 > > > >Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:30:09 > >To:Kris Moore > >Cc:Robert Watson , Scott Long > >,Daniel Eischen ,Tijl Coosemans > >, David Xu ,wine-freebsd@hub.org, > >Xin LI ,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 [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