From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Oct 7 8:50:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D850237B401 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 08:50:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (storm.FreeBSD.org.uk [194.242.157.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F5EF43E4A for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 08:50:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.org) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (uucp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g97Fo6W1055763; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 16:50:06 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with UUCP id g97Fo5Tm055762; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 16:50:06 +0100 (BST) Received: from grimreaper.grondar.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.org (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g97FmTih015257; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 16:48:29 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.org) Message-Id: <200210071548.g97FmTih015257@grimreaper.grondar.org> To: Paul Mather Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any users of matcd(4), mcd(4), or scd(4)? References: <20021007141449.GB7485@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <20021007141449.GB7485@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> ; from Paul Mather "Mon, 07 Oct 2002 10:14:49 EDT." Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 16:48:28 +0100 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I can appreciate matcd being dropped for 5.0 on pragmatic grounds, but > it would have been nice to have it ride out the rest of 4.x, given that > it actually works right now. (As I understand it, it's the adoption > of GEOM that signalled the death knell of these old drivers, but GEOM > is a 5.x feature that wouldn't be MFC'd back to 4.x...) Matcd was dropped because it had an unfriendly license. One that was impossible to comply with legally. M -- o Mark Murray \_ O.\_ Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message