Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 16:09:02 -0500 From: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux_base Makefile distinfo.alpha distinfo.i386 pkg-plist.alpha pkg-plist.i386 Message-ID: <20020528210902.GB2869@leviathan.inethouston.net> In-Reply-To: <20020528190325.D64264@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> References: <200205280235.g4S2ZPr85521@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020528040504.GB55559@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20020528002336.A33431@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020528190325.D64264@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>
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On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 07:03:25PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote:
> On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 12:23:36AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> > On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 09:05:04PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > > > Upgrade to Red Hat 7.x support. Many binary-only packages are now requiring
> > > > Red Hat 7.x to run.
> > >
> > > We already have linux_base-7.
> >
> > Would you prefer no linux_base, but only linux_base-<version>?
>
> Thinking about this some more, would it be better to call it something
> like 'redhat-linux-7' instead, opening up the possibility of
> '{mandrake,debian,suse}-linux-n' ?
It would be nice to try something better than redhat, but nobody
really maintains linux_base, and I'm sure even less would have time
for another linux emulation port. I was actually thinking about
adding debian and giving that a try though.
--
David W. Chapman Jr.
dwcjr@inethouston.net Raintree Network Services, Inc. <www.inethouston.net>
dwcjr@freebsd.org FreeBSD Committer <www.FreeBSD.org>
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