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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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