From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 28 20:02:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA11131 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:02:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles205.castles.com [208.214.165.205]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA11062 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:01:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA15263; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:58:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812290358.TAA15263@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Heikki Suonsivu cc: obrien@nuxi.ucdavis.edu, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wanton Atticizing is bad In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 29 Dec 1998 05:45:11 +0200." <13960.20551.6406.312531@katiska.clinet.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:58:45 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > David O'Brien writes: > > On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 05:32:03AM +0200, Heikki Suonsivu wrote: > > > > > > asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) writes: > > > > * The cleanups have been discussed in -core. > > > > > > > > There was no agreement about pcvt. > > > > > > I do not mind removing pcvt *after* vt220 emulation is supported by > > > > Or doing it 1st thing in 3.1-CURRENT, after 3.0-STABLE is branched. This > > makes our intentions clear, and gives pcvt people time to realize they > > either need to write vt100 emulation in syscons or loss the > > functionality. > > This still does not answer the issue. Why it has to be removed ? The author has abandoned it, and nobody else serious has stepped forward to maintain it. We need to have a single console driver, and syscons is it. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message