From owner-freebsd-current Sun Dec 27 10:12:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA18784 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 10:12:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from janus.syracuse.net (janus.syracuse.net [205.232.47.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA18779 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 10:12:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from green@unixhelp.org) Received: from localhost (green@localhost) by janus.syracuse.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA08237; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:07:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:07:07 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Feldman X-Sender: green@janus.syracuse.net To: Mark Murray cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wanton Atticizing is bad In-Reply-To: <199812271801.UAA38580@greenpeace.grondar.za> 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 Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Mark Murray wrote: > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > -committers is a notorious unproductive and flame-prone place to > > discuss code removal. > > 100% agreement. > > > The criteria used is one along the lines of "Would we import this > > code today if it hadn't been in the tree?" with a healthy fudge > > factor. > > This is a _really_ clear test. I'll use this from now on. > > We now need (tr: I would like) some kind of "ports-like" mechanism > for kernel bits, such as example kld so devices can be written by > the general population _and_maintained_ as ports code (kinda like Agree, MORE than wholeheartedly! I was thinking of proposing converting these older drivers to modules in ports, with the associated utilities, but I thought it would be too risque to propose. It probably is, seeing as noone wants to maintain these drivers let alone modularize them. The ports idea brings a question though: what do we do about device majors? > the commercial sound driver). OSS is horrible. > > M > -- > Mark Murray > Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org 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