Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:27:05 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: libedit replacement for libreadline Message-ID: <20010727102705.D43542@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20010717063825.A21495@nagual.pp.ru>; from ache@nagual.pp.ru on Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 06:38:25AM %2B0400 References: <20010716013127.A16058@xor.obsecurity.org> <20010716103351.A81876@walton.maths.tcd.ie> <20010716031932.A5930@xor.obsecurity.org> <200107161516.f6GFGCT34314@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20010716120054.A94139@xor.obsecurity.org> <20010717063825.A21495@nagual.pp.ru>
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On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 06:38:25AM +0400, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: > > > > Personally, I think it's worth it to get rid of a GNU dependency in > > > > the base system, as well as reducing the overall amount of functional > > > > code duplication. > > > > > > I don't, particularly since the two programs which use it are already > > > GNU software, so you haven't actually bought any additional freedom by > > > making such a change. > > > > A third is vinum, which buys some additional freedom :-) > > So lets use it for vinum only leaving gnu soft bug-to-bug compatible with > itself. After re-reading this entire thread, I still agree with Andrey. But is there some reason you are holding back updating libedit for those programs that do use it today (or are non-GPVed and could use libedit)? The LukeM ftp client, needs the fuller NetBSD libedit, so it would be nice to get your patches committed to ours. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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