Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:43:57 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Max Khon <fjoe@samodelkin.net> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: removing libreadline from base system Message-ID: <20111202084357.GB85770@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <CADe0-4k7=s1WYJ2MV%2Bk0OqrQ22sS345n6=EryBu0C8U-tW1A9w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADe0-4kDotyR096Yfv9_pwAw_K6fe2XJ5QUpgkFLE1Q6q4YdmA@mail.gmail.com> <20111202015537.GB4111@dragon.NUXI.org> <CADe0-4k7=s1WYJ2MV%2Bk0OqrQ22sS345n6=EryBu0C8U-tW1A9w@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 12:57:20PM +0700, Max Khon wrote: > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 8:55 AM, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote: > If you go with (2) above, we'll still have *tons* of ports that want a > > libreadline, so we'll just end up growing a port of it and we'll wind up > > with a libreadline on the system anyway. > > Then you need to define what base system is. Eh? Its the same definition has been for the past 17 years -- that which is in /usr/src. As long as there is a GPL consumer of libreadline in /usr/src, there is no benefit to kicking libreadline out of /usr/src. I understand the anti-GPL sentiment -- I've done my share over the years to help achieve a GPL-free FreeBSD. But until there is a debugger that is anywhere near as capable (and mature) as GDB, we'll have a few GPL bits in /usr/src. I see that as OK -- its is small and contained. Show me a non-GPL consumer of libreadline in /usr/src and I'll do everything I can to have it work with libedit. When I added the libreadline compatibility to libedit, I changed all the non-GPL libreadline uses I knew of to libedit. > We have much more ports that depend on libintl or libglib2 than > libreadline. Should we add these libs to the base system too? Please tell me what consumer of libintl or libglib2 we have in /usr/src. > Also, almost all ports require gmake and autotools to be built. Should we > add them to the base system too? You're now being quite ridiculous. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20111202084357.GB85770>