Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 19:19:08 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: ibcs2 and svr4 compat headed for history Message-ID: <20040627001908.GA29510@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20040626.181218.21873777.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20040626231221.GA11573@dragon.nuxi.com> <3949.1088292437@critter.freebsd.dk> <20040626.181218.21873777.imp@bsdimp.com>
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In the last episode (Jun 26), M. Warner Losh said: > In message: <3949.1088292437@critter.freebsd.dk> > "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes: > > Or could it be, just by chance, that I recognized that nobody on > > core (or the TRB) would have enough information to answer the very > > simple question: "Is there a significant use of these bits which we > > are currently unaware off ?", and therefore decided to poll a > > larger audience ? > > Polling a larger audience is a necessary step in removing the bits. > It may not be sufficient, however. One large user could veto this > removal if core@ thought it important to keep that user happy, for > example. Asking the subscribers of stable@ would be a good way to ask the main FreeBSD userbase. People interested in running ibcs2 or svr4 binaries are probably not running -current. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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