Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:17:32 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? - License Issues Message-ID: <200007112018.NAA13492@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Jul 2000 11:05:21 PDT." <20000711110520.D84457@dragon.nuxi.com>
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In message <20000711110520.D84457@dragon.nuxi.com>, "David O'Brien" writes: > On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 10:22:21AM -0700, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems > Group wrote: > > > Then how about we rip LPR from the base system and let people install the > > > printing system they need from ports? > > I was being sarcastic. I should have known this single sentence would > start a thread. As I didn't see a :) I thought you were serious. > > > This would be a huge step in the right direction. We should do the > > same with Sendmail, BIND, nvi, and every other component of the O/S. > > Everyone already agrees with this. BUT it will not -- cannot happen > until someone contributes the bits that make this happen. So it isn't > worth arguing about. It's something I've been thinking a lot about. I'm partial to to the approach used by SMP/E (System Modification Program/Extended that is supplied with MVS), however this is a heavyweight solution that will probably not fit here. The key is keeping it simple. Anyhow this is discussion is digressing and I'd rather not discuss it right now until I have a proposal to present. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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