Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 00:37:23 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: julian@TFS.COM, markd@grizzly.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, julian@ref.tfs.com Subject: Re: NPX still broken in 2.1.0-951104-SNAP... Message-ID: <23996.815647043@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Nov 1995 19:23:29 %2B1100." <199511060823.TAA06163@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> >da-man speaks the truth bruce.. > >just because there is a BETTER solution doesn't mean we should > >have extra problems in 2.1 for no reason.... > > What extra problems? We'll have exactly the same problems as > in all previous versions of 386BSD and FreeBSD. > > Bruce I think that's kind of the point Mark's making.. :-) FWIW, I think the argument for "greater compatibility" should win out over all others anyway. If SCO, Linux, Unixware, Solaris and god-knows-what else all do it this way, then we're just being pig-headed not to follow precedent and in any comparison people might make, it won't be FreeBSD that's lauded for taking the idealist's stand that thrust it in a different direction. Jordan
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