From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 7 11:06:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA15357 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 11:06:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA15349 for ; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 11:06:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@austin.polstra.com) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA17983 for ; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 11:06:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp) Message-Id: <199802071906.LAA17983@austin.polstra.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Elves wanted - apply within In-Reply-To: <199802060526.FAA29002@bne16unx215.workcover.qld.gov.au> References: <199802060526.FAA29002@bne16unx215.workcover.qld.gov.au> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 11:06:03 -0800 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" In article <199802060526.FAA29002@bne16unx215.workcover.qld.gov.au>, Stephen Hocking wrote: > What are the plans for moving over to a completely ELF system? There is some work going on in the background toward that end. But people are pretty busy earning livings these days. It will be ready when it's ready. That's the best answer anybody can give you right now. > This crosscompiling in order to use third party ELF libs is begining > to wear a little thin. Sorry to hear it. Please understand, these periodic posting storms of people asking when we are switching to ELF are also getting a bit irritating. Such questions can almost never be answered in a volunteer project. -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth