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Date:      Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:14:37 +0100 (CET)
From:      Harti Brandt <hartmut.brandt@dlr.de>
To:        Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make GNode.h arch.c arch.h  ...
Message-ID:  <20050201191311.P36875@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de>
In-Reply-To: <p06200770be256f18f64f@[128.113.24.47]>
References:  <200502011050.j11Aob36039942@repoman.freebsd.org> <p06200770be256f18f64f@[128.113.24.47]>

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On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Garance A Drosihn wrote:

GAD>At 12:38 PM +0100 2/1/05, Harti Brandt wrote:
GAD>> These changes and upcoming patches are synchronized with DragonFly
GAD>> BSD.   Max also tries to convince the NetBSD people to adopt
GAD>> changes (if things don't conflict).
GAD>
GAD>It is more accurate to say "where things don't conflict", because
GAD>we already know there's a few places where they will conflict... :-)

That was what I have in mind. As a non-native speaker I often get the if, 
when and where wrong.

GAD>That reminds me of something though.  At one point (back in 2003)
GAD>the NetBSD folks asked on the bsd-api mailing list about adding a
GAD>type of simple array-processing ability to make.  Once we all agreed
GAD>on what it should look like, I believe they added it to their `make'.
GAD>At least at the time they asked, the new features did not conflict
GAD>with anything in our `make'.  It would be nice if we could add the
GAD>same features to our `make', too.
GAD>
GAD>[I had intended to add it, but by the time the details were all
GAD>sorted out I was busy with some other projects]

Ok, I put this on the list.

harti



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