From owner-freebsd-arch Wed Jun 12 13: 8:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.noos.fr (claudel.noos.net [212.198.2.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BB5737B400 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:08:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 11751437 invoked by uid 0); 12 Jun 2002 20:08:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gits.gits.dyndns.org) ([212.198.230.194]) (envelope-sender ) by 212.198.2.83 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 12 Jun 2002 20:08:40 -0000 Received: from gits.gits.dyndns.org (i4unu1y1kx1yvjwp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gits.gits.dyndns.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5CK8da6033201; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 22:08:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from root@gits.dyndns.org) Received: (from root@localhost) by gits.gits.dyndns.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g5CK8cMp033200; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 22:08:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from root) Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 22:08:38 +0200 From: Cyrille Lefevre To: Terry Lambert Cc: "Jacques A. Vidrine" , freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: remove xten from the base system? Message-ID: <20020612200838.GC33037@gits.dyndns.org> Mail-Followup-To: Cyrille Lefevre , Terry Lambert , "Jacques A. Vidrine" , freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org References: <20020612041902.9CF1137B408@hub.freebsd.org> <20020612123518.GC34267@madman.nectar.cc> <3D077D18.B044A1E9@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D077D18.B044A1E9@mindspring.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i Organization: ACME X-Face: V|+c;4!|B?E%BE^{E6);aI.[< List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 09:55:52AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > "Jacques A. Vidrine" wrote: > > This commit reminds me ... why are we still carrying the xten stuff > > around? I thought there might have been a thread on this in the > > relatively recent past, but a quick search of -arch and -hackers didn't > > turn anything up. > > > > It appears to me that this code hasn't really been maintained since > > 1997 [1]. Moreoever, it isn't really the kind of software that one > > expects to be tied into the base system. > > Perhaps it works? > > > Comments on its removal? Assuming anyone is actually interested in > > the code, it can be moved to the Ports Collection. > > While we are at it, let's move all device drivers to "ports". NOT. making a port which concern only a few files (I count 5). much better is to left them in place if xten is still working since it is far less space bloat than perl :) Cyrille. -- Cyrille Lefevre mailto:cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message