From owner-freebsd-current Tue Mar 4 17:28: 0 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAE6E37B401; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:27:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from canning.wemm.org (canning.wemm.org [192.203.228.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 206F743FCB; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:27:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) Received: from wemm.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by canning.wemm.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09C912A89E; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:27:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Terry Lambert Cc: Mike Barcroft , Tim Robbins , freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of netns - politically correct version In-Reply-To: <3E6539B5.2F5D31B@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 17:27:58 -0800 From: Peter Wemm Message-Id: <20030305012758.09C912A89E@canning.wemm.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Terry Lambert wrote: > Peter Wemm wrote: > > Terry Lambert wrote: > > > Is there a compelling reason for removing this working code to > > > the Attic? > > > > Terry: will you please check your facts? It takes around 30 seconds > > to find out that it doesn't even compile. > > [ ... lots of trivial to fix warnings and errors ... ] > > > Tell you what, I'll fix these and post a patch. Will that make you > guys happy? Not really. I'd like to see a relevant demonstration of it working with another relevant networking system [that does NOT speak some other common protocol such as IP or IPX] that shows that it is worth keeping this baggage around. No, I'm not interested in some DOS-2.11 floppy disks you have had sitting untouched in a drawer for 10 years. ie: Show that it is worth something to the project to keep it. This was only revived last time because somebody promised to maintain it. And as you can see, for the last 7 years it hasn't been missed. The point wasn't that "it doesn't compile", rather "nobody gave a damn that it didn't compile for 7 years". Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message