Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 19:59:28 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org, Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> Subject: Re: libh src/ import Message-ID: <XFMail.010906195928.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010906221831.A7899@coffee.q9media.com>
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On 07-Sep-01 Mike Barcroft wrote: > John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: >> On 06-Sep-01 Alexander Langer wrote: >> > Hi! >> > >> > How are peoples feelings about an import of libh into our src tree, >> > in order to push the development? >> >> As I said on IRC in an opinion that no one else seems to share, libh is >> useful >> in a wider regard than just FreeBSD, and I think it should be a separate >> project that gets vendor imported into src/contrib. Let's face it guys, >> FreeBSD doesn't have a lot of GUI people running around, and if libh is >> going >> to fly, it needs developers. IMHO, the best way to get developers for it is >> to >> not make it look like some FreeBSD-only thing, but instead to make it >> inviting >> to other developers. > [snip] > > FreeBSD is more than just a kernel, you know. I don't think we should > artificially limit ourselves by your imagination. Yes, I'm well aware, and I've been involved with libh (mostly earlier on) for about a year (not much since then) and I can appreciate it's design and it's role. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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