Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 23:50:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Heffner <mheffner@novacoxmail.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Luke Mewburn <lukem@wasabisystems.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: BSD-specific sources (was: Importing lukemftpd) Message-ID: <XFMail.20010718235039.mheffner@novacoxmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20010718172357.Q69861@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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This message is in MIME format --_=XFMail.1.5.0.FreeBSD:20010718235039:290=_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 18-Jul-2001 Greg Lehey wrote: | | Well, interestingly enough, Luke and I were talking about cooperation | between the NetBSD and FreeBSD projects just over last weekend, and | one of the things that we decided was that it would be desirable to | add a new category of software to our source trees, software that is | used by all BSDs (well, within our terms of reference, NetBSD and | FreeBSD anyway). We didn't specifically mention his ftpd: we were | thinking more of things like USB support. The idea would be that we | might have a separate part of the source tree, like /usr/src//contrib, | which is maintained either by a group of people, or (preferably) one | person who ensures that it runs on all BSD platforms. The latter | might be difficult to implement, especially for kernel code, and even | for userland code there would be challenges. I've got a whole lot | more to say on the matter, but I'm sure that people will find a number | of weaknesses in my suggestions. Feel free to pick holes in the idea. Yes, I think this would be a great idea, specifically for new code. However, I have doubts on how succesfull successfulit would be for current code, especially that which has diverged significantly between the branches. Mike -- Mike Heffner <mheffner@[acm.]vt.edu> Fredericksburg, VA <mikeh@FreeBSD.org> --_=XFMail.1.5.0.FreeBSD:20010718235039:290=_ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7VlkPFokZQs3sv5kRAjezAJ9hmjzzKXnSZAV4c0SZoI4o8ki59QCdFLLB r2kSYK1yF8t1LECguOW24KY= =OpHj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --_=XFMail.1.5.0.FreeBSD:20010718235039:290=_-- End of MIME message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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