From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 25 18:24:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA19988 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 18:24:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk (jraynard.demon.co.uk [158.152.42.77]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA19722 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 18:22:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id AAA02972; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 00:10:14 GMT Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 00:10:14 GMT Message-Id: <199606260010.AAA02972@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: sterrett@cts.com CC: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-reply-to: (message from Tony Sterrett on Tue, 25 Jun 1996 11:54:26 -0700 (PDT)) Subject: Re: STREAMS Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [re adding a streams facility to FreeBSD] > > A "real" SVR4-style kernel implementation would be a lot of work, > > though. > > Well a task is half done once it is begun. True, but the last 10% of the work takes 90% of the time. 8-) Seriously, though, I would suggest you sound out the mood and establish some sort of support *before* starting - it would be a terrible waste of effort if you were to do all that work and then not have it integrated. I am *not* trying in any way to discourage you or say that there is anything wrong with what you want to do, just trying to point out some of the practicalities. Anyway, this kind of discussion really belongs in -hackers, where most of the people you need to convince are to be found, so I've taken the liberty of re-directing it there. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk