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Date:      Thu, 06 Jan 2000 18:19:09 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>
Cc:        Marcin Cieslak <saper@system.pl>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, imp@freebsd.FreeBSD.ORG, org@axl.noc.iafrica.com
Subject:   Re: UPDATING is stale? 
Message-ID:  <5140.947175549@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Jan 2000 17:01:29 %2B0100." <20000106170129.C3297@cichlids.cichlids.com> 

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On Thu, 06 Jan 2000 17:01:29 +0100, Alexander Langer wrote:

> There are HEADS-UP's in -stable as well.
> Why isn't it maintained for -stable?

Nobody's prepared to do the work, really.  Basically, UPDATING was
started in response to numerous folks whining that such a thing should
exist.  This was in spite of the numerous folks who believed that it
would quickly become stale.

If I recall correctly, its maintainer in CURRENT (imp) was one of those
who thought it wasn't a fantastic idea.  Although he maintains it, he
expects some help in doing so, and just isn't getting the help he needs.

So like any user-supported software that isn't supported by its users,
this part of FreeBSD is dying.  I think it was a reverse proof of
concept, basically. :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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