Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:07:07 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wanton Atticizing is bad Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812271304310.6613-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <199812271801.UAA38580@greenpeace.grondar.za>
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On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Mark Murray wrote: > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > -committers is a notorious unproductive and flame-prone place to > > discuss code removal. > > 100% agreement. > > > The criteria used is one along the lines of "Would we import this > > code today if it hadn't been in the tree?" with a healthy fudge > > factor. > > This is a _really_ clear test. I'll use this from now on. > > We now need (tr: I would like) some kind of "ports-like" mechanism > for kernel bits, such as example kld so devices can be written by > the general population _and_maintained_ as ports code (kinda like Agree, MORE than wholeheartedly! I was thinking of proposing converting these older drivers to modules in ports, with the associated utilities, but I thought it would be too risque to propose. It probably is, seeing as noone wants to maintain these drivers let alone modularize them. The ports idea brings a question though: what do we do about device majors? > the commercial sound driver). OSS is horrible. > > M > -- > Mark Murray > Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org Brian Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ green@unixhelp.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ http://www.freebsd.org/ _ __ ___ ____ | _ \__ \ |) | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ ___ ____ _____ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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