Date: 30 Jun 1996 16:51:20 GMT From: peter@spinner.DIALix.COM (Peter Wemm) To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: contrib SW, the policy! Message-ID: <4r6ba8$g0p$2@haywire.DIALix.COM> References: <2072.835767053@critter.tfs.com>
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In article <199606260544.XAA02856@rocky.mt.sri.com>, nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) writes: >> Well, here it is, the official word on contrib software. >> >> Contact peter@freebsd.org or phk@freebsd.org for more info. > > Does this mean that Peter's Bmake'd gcc/libg++ stuff isn't going in? > > If not, why? The work is already done, so why not do it already. :) > > If so, I'm eagerly awaiting it I've been hearing good things about gcc-2.7.3, including the probability of a "next week" release. Based on the glowing reports, I think we'd be crazy to go in too soon if it's just a matter of days. Yes, this one will be in the existing layout (I've already done the work) but for 2.8 (whenever that happens) the odds are that it will probably be done in a native layout on fresh rcs files, as it supposedly is a very large delta to 2.7.2 already and the RCS files in src/gnu/cc are badly bloated, and an import of 2.8 would probably be pushing it too far. (the rcs files would probably end up larger than the *complete* original source because of the broken vendor branch and the double-size deltas) Just as a BTW, way back in 2.0.5 days when I first got involved with FreeBSD, I suggested almost this exact approach to a couple of people, and even did a prototype implementation of a package (bind-4.9.3.beta-something) as a proof-of-concept.. I've only just remembered it a few minutes ago, talk about deja-vu! :-) > Nate Cheers, -Peter
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