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Date:      Tue, 20 Oct 2015 05:27:16 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        NGie Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
Cc:        Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>, Yonas Yanfa <yonas@fizk.net>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Depreciate and remove gbde
Message-ID:  <95431.1445318836@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: <CAGHfRMDdEhgUN_Xbw_KkoF_EpPCRn0E1ZXXvX6Ga2NFRKN1gPg@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <56237623.5010702@fizk.net> <20151019234406.GA88752@cons.org> <CAGHfRMDdEhgUN_Xbw_KkoF_EpPCRn0E1ZXXvX6Ga2NFRKN1gPg@mail.gmail.com>

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In message <CAGHfRMDdEhgUN_Xbw_KkoF_EpPCRn0E1ZXXvX6Ga2NFRKN1gPg@mail.gmail=
.com>, NGie Cooper writes:

>1. Why are there 2 competing technologies?

They are not competing, they support two very different threat models.

>3. Is there a gain/loss for removing gbde?

Yes, you alienate a lot of users who very often are not even in a
position to tell you they run FreeBSD.

Think human rights activists for instance.

>4. Why is it marked experimental [still]?

To make people think.

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