Date: 2 Apr 1997 20:55:13 -0000 From: mark thompson <thompson@squirrel.tgsoft.com> To: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Code maintenance Message-ID: <19970402205513.11072.qmail@squirrel.tgsoft.com> In-Reply-To: message from Terry Lambert on Tue, 1 Apr 1997 16:51:39 -0700 (MST)
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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 16:51:39 -0700 (MST) > > > Then adding the code into the tree is a 'bad thing', since it becomes > > > unsupported. If no-one is willing to incorporate/support the code, then > > > it shouldn't be incorporated. > > > > Better that it be lost forever? > > Yes, see the ft(4) and aic(4) drivers for two good examples. Both > sorely lack a maintainer, and nobody seems to be interested in doing > this job. Hmmm.... i have volunteered before to maintain ft, since tapes are kind of a (twisted) specialty of mine. My only request is that someone donate the drives to test on, since i don't use QIC format any more. My offer to help kind of got blown off. I understand that everyone is up to their respective keisters in release engineering, but it seems pretty clear to me that there is not percieved to be a crying need for this alleged maintenance. -mark
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