Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 22:00:01 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: removing f2c from base distribution Message-ID: <19990126220000.G4119@relay.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <199901270116.RAA64007@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>; from Satoshi Asami on Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 05:16:45PM -0800 References: <199901262148.NAA07097@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <199901270116.RAA64007@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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> Um, I'm still alive but can someone explain me why this can't be a > "regular" port? Being useful to some but not the majority, no other > parts of the system depending on it, this looks like a model citizen > in the ideal ports world. :) Because we loose control over it. There is a move to push some things out of the base system and into ports. Fine, but then how does bug fixes happen? I believe the committed that fixed the f2c problems on the Alpha really liked having the abilility to do so. For many parts of the system, I really think we need to make the optional and installable as ports, but the *maintance* of them should stay along our traditional means. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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