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Date:      Fri, 2 Aug 2002 11:44:52 -0400
From:      Zak Johnson <zakj-freebsd-arch@nox.cx>
To:        freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: OpenSSL vs. -lmd
Message-ID:  <20020802154452.GA25577@opiate.nox.cx>
In-Reply-To: <3D49AF37.C7E1E272@mindspring.com>
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On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 02:59:19PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:
> I think the idea of fundamentally breaking the system into
> optional and highly granular components has a large amount
> of "grass roots" support; discussions like the packaging
> discussion would not attract nearly so much participation,
> were that not the case.
> 
> To readdress your idea of "an entirely new distribution":
> if that's the only way the problem will be permitted to be
> solved, then it's a likelihood; one way or another, the
> problem *will* be solved, eventually, likely sonner than
> later.

What is preventing a change in this direction from happening inside
FreeBSD (as opposed to a new distribution)?  Is there a large set of
committers who feel that making FreeBSD more/completely modular is a bad
idea?  Or is everyone just waiting for libh?

-Zak

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