Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 10:19:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: sprice@hiwaay.net (Steve Price) Cc: kline@tera.com, publisher@laptop.ompages.com, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, debian-devel@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: FreeLinux (Debian/GNU BSD) Message-ID: <199907091719.KAA12018@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9907091143080.28102-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net> from Steve Price at "Jul 9, 99 11:56:36 am"
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According to Steve Price: > [Moved this to the -ports list since this is a ports issue for > FreeBSD. Also removed one of the debian lists to cutdown on > cross-posting.] > > On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Gary Kline wrote: > > # This all sounds great, uniting Debian and BSD > # (FreeBSD, say) --- I ran Debian for several > # months before putting FBSD on both my systems. > # > # The thing is: the organization and the effort > # (work!) required. > # > # Anybody out there with a few thousand hours > # to spare? > # > # gary > > This has been discussed several times in recent months on the > Debian lists. I participated briefly in one of the more recent > ones. I offered my assistance, boxes to do the work on, they > (Debian) even setup a mailing list (debian-bsd) I believe, and > I worked up a set of patches to get dpkg to compile on a FreeBSD > box. But it seems interest has fallen off since the mailing list > doesn't seem to work anymore (or didn't for a peroid of time > immediately following one of my posts several months ago). > Since I'm a porter this reached me at thought.org... The idea of a LinuxBSD or DebianBSD || <you-choose> would really kick. It occured to me many moons ago; what also occured is the tremendous effort involved. I'd support it; I'd port for a linux+bsd system; plus keep on my DaemonNews column to add support there. Beyond that, there simply aren't enough hours/week ... Anybody else care for a *MONSTER* bite? gary > -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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