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Date:      Wed, 12 Jun 2002 09:55:52 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: RFC: remove xten from the base system?
Message-ID:  <3D077D18.B044A1E9@mindspring.com>
References:  <20020612041902.9CF1137B408@hub.freebsd.org> <20020612123518.GC34267@madman.nectar.cc>

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"Jacques A. Vidrine" wrote:
> This commit reminds me ... why are we still carrying the xten stuff
> around?  I thought there might have been a thread on this in the
> relatively recent past, but a quick search of -arch and -hackers didn't
> turn anything up.
> 
> It appears to me that this code hasn't really been maintained since
> 1997 [1]. Moreoever, it isn't really the kind of software that one
> expects to be tied into the base system.

Perhaps it works?


> Comments on its removal?  Assuming anyone is actually interested in
> the code, it can be moved to the Ports Collection.

While we are at it, let's move all device drivers to "ports".  NOT.

-- Terry

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