From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 26 02:12:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62716106566B for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:12:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB7128FC08 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:12:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb40 with SMTP id 40so64672wyb.13 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:12:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=PzWl1QHDmYeZ5nTOMjeMUbvg//mOcC726S0VxKMXg7M=; b=eSbXLjYpDBds1uBypvDiF/swB2skOOo/VZfYUqQatFDQDtIvve943TaG98584Io1Ze MExLweyHWh8gVzzCZ1oL+aGNjyw1/m0doo1GCqqDX3KmOnpBALy1/YpnXKnpdizurAhy 0z0SOKuzvPkEi05rh1t72HZISNED+VT5HSioc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=YrAkMSctBKW/90eC/CVmQWNlpnTJaGT3eCsnZz/48QIMyn3Xtgb7Th6C6OdnnHSFYu Y7DhHtUbcBcu9tEpAil4JSdHm1oRvS6hN6KM7AEJnzgtcJ37IcA1AUF2JUiwf7IffVxj AWJZ7czhwVYaKQGSQxRjpT2QRo8DDLHGx5oZQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.155.2 with SMTP id i2mr5697455wek.61.1277518324580; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:12:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.5.21 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:12:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:12:04 -0400 Message-ID: From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: utisoft@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Alexander Best Subject: Re: sharing code between the various *BSDs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:12:06 -0000 On 21 June 2010 18:13, Chris Rees wrote: >> >> On 21 Jun 2010 23:12, "Alexander Best" wrote: >> >> hi there, >> >> i can't remember where i read this the other day, but i found this to >> be a great idea. basically the idea was to have one code pool which >> all the *bsd flavours share and also to which every *bsd committer has >> access and can make changes. especially code in /bin, /sbin, usr/bin, >> /usr/sbin or /usr/share (probably other places too) would benefit from >> this a lot. right now most of the work that gets done in one of these >> places by lets say dragonfly won't make it into freebsd or netbsd for >> a long time. or what's even worse: sometimes people document problems >> or bugs which have already been fixed in some other *bsd. if somebody >> fixes the problem that's just wasted time because it's been done >> beforehand. >> >> would this be even possible or not at all? > Politics... > There are architectural issues. You would think that a Ford 302 V8 would be a fairly simple swap into an old 305 engined 1979 Impala, given that they use the same fuel, the same lubricant, the same coolant, the same basic voltage, are within 1% displacement, and turn at similar RPMs, but the case is simply not so. -- --