Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 13:59:47 +0800 (HKT) From: John Beukema <jbeukema@hk.super.net> To: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>, ernie@tinny.eis.net.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Binary compatibility with NetBSD Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950227135850.10512B-100000@is1.hk.super.net> In-Reply-To: <9502262045.AA04553@cs.weber.edu>
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On Sun, 26 Feb 1995, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > To not maintain binary compatability *including* shared images would > > > > be folly. > > > > > > Bravo! I agree completely. We do not need one more fragmented, > > > incompatible flavour. > > > > Sigh. I applaud the sentiment, gentlemen. So. That simply leaves the > > simple question: Which one of YOU are going to do the work involved? > > If you think it's a difficult task, I can set aside next Saturday to > start to replace FreeBSD's libc with NetBSD's. > > I'll probably need a thud account and some disk space. > > I maintain that the incompatability is gratuitous. Those areas where > FreeBSD has code that NetBSD does not should be rolled back into NetBSD > anyway. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@cs.weber.edu > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > I would be willing to help with guidance. jbeukema
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