Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 22:08:38 +0200 From: Cyrille Lefevre <cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: remove xten from the base system? Message-ID: <20020612200838.GC33037@gits.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <3D077D18.B044A1E9@mindspring.com> References: <20020612041902.9CF1137B408@hub.freebsd.org> <20020612123518.GC34267@madman.nectar.cc> <3D077D18.B044A1E9@mindspring.com>
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On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 09:55:52AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > "Jacques A. Vidrine" wrote: > > This commit reminds me ... why are we still carrying the xten stuff > > around? I thought there might have been a thread on this in the > > relatively recent past, but a quick search of -arch and -hackers didn't > > turn anything up. > > > > It appears to me that this code hasn't really been maintained since > > 1997 [1]. Moreoever, it isn't really the kind of software that one > > expects to be tied into the base system. > > Perhaps it works? > > > Comments on its removal? Assuming anyone is actually interested in > > the code, it can be moved to the Ports Collection. > > While we are at it, let's move all device drivers to "ports". NOT. making a port which concern only a few files (I count 5). much better is to left them in place if xten is still working since it is far less space bloat than perl :) Cyrille. -- Cyrille Lefevre mailto:cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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