Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 10:53:18 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) Cc: terry@lambert.org, ache@nagual.pp.ru, wosch@apfel.de, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: long usernames in top Message-ID: <199707061753.KAA16050@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199707060737.RAA01362@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> from "David Nugent" at Jul 6, 97 05:36:58 pm
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[ ... top ... ] > > Plus the thing is being actively maintained by an agency > > other than FreeBSD, so unless the job was done completely, it's > > likely that it would become a FreeBSD-only maintenance nightmare. > > Nightmare? Terry, this is why we use cvs and vendor branches. better to contribute the code back to the top maintainer, and not involve FreeBSD directly at all. > In any case, FreeBSD is not the only OS with support for >8 length > usernames. And this is why. Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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