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Date:      Sat, 7 Feb 1998 21:04:58 +0100 (MET)
From:      Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Elves wanted - apply within
Message-ID:  <199802072004.VAA06514@sos.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: <199802071906.LAA17983@austin.polstra.com> from John Polstra at "Feb 7, 98 11:06:03 am"

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In reply to John Polstra who wrote:
> Stephen Hocking  <sysseh@workcover.qld.gov.au> 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.

exactly.

> > 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.

Belive me, we are working as hard as possible, but things take time,
and time is a very rare resource for most of the people involved 
in this effort.

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Søren Schmidt               (sos@FreeBSD.org)               FreeBSD Core Team
                Even more code to hack -- will it ever end
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