From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 9 10:42:52 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 988B58C2 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 10:42:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rmh.aybabtu@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qe0-x232.google.com (mail-qe0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c02::232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63AA51839 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 10:42:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qe0-f50.google.com with SMTP id f6so2936794qej.9 for ; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 03:42:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=q08uKxVkwccBDgQUJxi/Ox5e54GiK46xyyku5iT3zFU=; b=z1CWNMiUo+RO+Nr9o4QSXX+6/F/Lk9dn/VUZTVdBfjNdHL2wk5guOb4PlTYgz9Xt7l fvnfvH1aJzdJBNQARoLAUR1L5Jt2Hl24RXGXQ7Ku0Ye7lCqyBZi9JQsLwL01egfGgJtC rNyEB1F1qfXh/KO+jn836NXkQkjPr7dxHgBt+7tRAZW3sKGSrFmh0LP29MHNKvdmwzig c8VcJIVASMt6xR4aBJaRYXj0ROwimzFzaEMrCmcRqsi3CFR+oN6ymX0FcnriT03zPbwf aXy+J5ekDXeZy0K63OJGkR3idT+ZD048KWeIe7yqyDFmcf87/QATt0JZWJtEqRe/FImv 3z1Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.49.83.73 with SMTP id o9mr19636834qey.71.1373366571933; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 03:42:51 -0700 (PDT) Sender: rmh.aybabtu@gmail.com Received: by 10.49.26.193 with HTTP; Tue, 9 Jul 2013 03:42:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 12:42:51 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ktW80ktZVoMtPJLWwFehQQ1Zek0 Message-ID: Subject: libutil in Debian From: Robert Millan To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:42:52 -0000 Hi, The FreeBSD libutil library has a number of facilities which are not specific to FreeBSD and could be useful on other systems. In Debian we have a bunch of FreeBSD libraries already (see [1]). When ever possible (e.g. libsbuf) the library is provided to all Debian platforms, not just those using the kernel of FreeBSD. As of now we do not have libutil though, because since Glibc already provides a library with this name, we would have to rename it. Renaming libutil ourselves is a big nuissance, because we'd be diverging from FreeBSD, and our porting work would also have to differ from FreeBSD's. Things are much easier for us if we can use the same name FreeBSD does. Would it be possible for this library to be renamed in FreeBSD? Then we could quickly follow suit and package it. Any name you're comfortable with could do. My only concern is about avoiding namespace collisions. Thanks for considering [1] http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/freebsd-libs -- Robert Millan