From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jun 20 19:00:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA05535 for current-outgoing; Thu, 20 Jun 1996 19:00:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA05516; Thu, 20 Jun 1996 19:00:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA08211; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:02:49 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199606210232.MAA08211@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: xditview To: jhs@FreeBSD.org Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:02:49 +0930 (CST) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199606200105.DAA04427@vector.jhs.no_domain> from "Julian H. Stacey" at Jun 20, 96 03:05:38 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Julian H. Stacey stands accused of saying: > It's unprofessional to toss out functionality, without careful > consideration & list discussion, now we realise that at least 2 previous > public releases of our FreeBSD product has offered xditview facility > to users. Actually, the basic premise "No X code in the base tree" was established some time ago. Personally, I wouldn't mind having an _optional_ category for base system components that were X-dependent for things like gxditview, Tk, pTk etc. However this is something that should be done properly, and in the meantime the systematic removal of all X code is a wise start. > Julian -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[