From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 28 12:40:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA15778 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 12:40:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from xkis.kis.ru (xkis.kis.ru [195.98.32.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA15748 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 12:40:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dv@dv.ru) Received: from localhost (dv@localhost) by xkis.kis.ru (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id XAA21297; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 23:39:43 +0300 (MSK) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 23:39:43 +0300 (MSK) From: Dmitry Valdov X-Sender: dv@xkis.kis.ru To: Brian Feldman cc: Pat Barron , 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, Brian Feldman wrote: > Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 13:30:02 -0500 (EST) > From: Brian Feldman > To: Pat Barron > Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: So, exactly what *was* purged? > > 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ft*? Why? I'am still using it. > 3c905 driver ^^^^^^ Really??? > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message