From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 29 10:21:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA26708 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:21:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lohi.clinet.fi (lohi.clinet.fi [194.100.0.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA26687 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:21:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hsu@mail.clinet.fi) Received: from katiska.clinet.fi (katiska.clinet.fi [194.100.0.4]) by lohi.clinet.fi (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id UAA12349; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:21:02 +0200 (EET) Received: (from hsu@localhost) by katiska.clinet.fi (8.9.0/8.9.0) id UAA27560; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:20:45 +0200 (EET) To: Mike Smith Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wanton Atticizing is bad References: <199812290358.TAA15263@dingo.cdrom.com.newsgate.clinet.fi> From: Heikki Suonsivu Date: 29 Dec 1998 20:20:44 +0200 In-Reply-To: Mike Smith's message of 29 Dec 1998 06:20:28 +0200 Message-ID: Lines: 38 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Smith writes: ... > > > 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. Deadlocks in NFS (?) have been around for years, but I still do not think NFS should be removed. Whether the code has a maintainer or not does not mean that it does or does not work for some purpose or be useful even with its limitations. > We need to have a single console driver, and syscons is it. Why there has to be a single console driver ? Why pcvt's existence bothers people who are not using 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 -- Heikki Suonsivu / Clinet Oy / Tekniikantie 12 / FI-02150 Espoo / FINLAND, hsu@clinet.fi mobile +358-40-5519679 work +358-9-43542270 fax -4555276 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message