From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 05:17:10 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8496E16A4CE; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 05:17:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from pear.silverwraith.com (66-214-182-79.la-cbi.charterpipeline.net [66.214.182.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68D2643D5C; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 05:17:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from avleen@pear.silverwraith.com) Received: from avleen by pear.silverwraith.com with local (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1Aea27-000Ch6-NX; Thu, 08 Jan 2004 05:17:07 -0800 Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 05:17:07 -0800 From: Avleen Vig To: Scott Long Message-ID: <20040108131707.GB53429@silverwraith.com> References: <20040107235737.I32227@pooker.samsco.home> <20040108075059.GK53429@silverwraith.com> <20040108075811.GJ48603@over-yonder.net> <20040108015954.V32598@pooker.samsco.home> <20040108101451.GK48603@over-yonder.net> <20040108033905.A32598@pooker.samsco.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040108033905.A32598@pooker.samsco.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Sender: Avleen Vig cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Discussion on the future of floppies in 5.x and 6.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 13:17:10 -0000 On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 03:43:55AM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > Well, regardless of how you label it, these floppies still require lots of > care and feeding in order to work. We currently have no way to support > multiple floppies in a convenient way. This can be fixed in a variety > of ways that range from fragile hacks to wonderful designs, but it still > requires someone to put forth the effort. My offer for a 'floppy > maintainer' is quite sincere; I hope that someone takes an interest and > steps up to the challenge. The other big "problem" with removing floppies, is that not everyone has a cd burner. I wouldn't even say the majority of FreeBSD users have CD burners. I think someone mentioned this. I would love to be the 'floppy maintainer', but I know very little about the actual process and sadly don't have the time either :( -- Avleen Vig Systems Administrator Personal: www.silverwraith.com EFnet: irc.mindspring.com (Earthlink user access only)