Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:26:36 -0700 From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> To: mi@aldan.algebra.com Cc: sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: support for a.out in ports Message-ID: <20010828132636.A4473@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <200108281729.f7SHTGk24427@misha.privatelabs.com>; from mi@aldan.algebra.com on Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 01:29:15PM -0400 References: <200108281636.f7SGaph57218@vega.vega.com> <200108281729.f7SHTGk24427@misha.privatelabs.com>
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On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 01:29:15PM -0400, mi@aldan.algebra.com wrote: > My personal feeling would be quite the opposite -- I think it is cool > to support this, especially since the framework is already in place > and is really cheap. I agree. > If some developer happens to put the wrong minor number (because > he/she only works with elf) -- it is an easily fixed PR... I wish > there was some way to count the actual number of users who use one way > or another... I don't know how to get an auditable count, but I (for one) use both ELF and a.out and build ports for both. My servers are running between 2.1.7 and 2.2.8 (with some individual pieces rebuilt after security fixes), mostly because they do what I need them to do well enough that it isn't worth an upgrade. On the other hand, my desktop is 4.3-RELEASE-P12. It's because of the remarkable stability of FreeBSD that I believe there are thousands of machines quietly going about their assigned tasks, somewhat underground. We shouldn't penalize them just for being good and quiet. > -mi -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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