Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 21:02:28 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Cc: Alex Keahan <alex@hightemplar.com> Subject: Re: HEADSUP: ibcs2 and svr4 compat headed for history Message-ID: <200406262102.39564.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <200406262056.38279.alex@hightemplar.com> References: <34301.1088242340@critter.freebsd.dk> <20040626172444.GA11527@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <200406262056.38279.alex@hightemplar.com>
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--Boundary-02=_Phc3A1BpPaKgVJs Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 26 June 2004 19:56, Alex Keahan wrote: > On Saturday 26 Jun 2004 8:24 pm, Tim Robbins wrote: > > The kernel's internal interfaces change; security bugs are discovered. > > Someone has to keep the code up to date, and the people who end up doing > > the work are *not* the people who advocate keeping the code around. > > That's a slippery slope and you don't want to go there. > > Maintenance of old code is the price you have to pay when you write new > code. That includes kernel interfaces and security bugs. I think you should start investigating how to best maintain the existing co= de=20 outside of the source tree and bring it back as a port instead of trying to= =20 provoke a bikeshed. It's not like like the code is going to be fed into a=20 digital shredder - in some ways, removing it from the src realm actually=20 makes it _more_ open for interested parties to contribute to. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --Boundary-02=_Phc3A1BpPaKgVJs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBA3chPXhc68WspdLARAna8AJ9dgknW8P6U/yT/odmFX6qPS9TShACgjbHj TFeNEOP6dlmidjmUEa5oakw= =RMHy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_Phc3A1BpPaKgVJs--
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