Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:15:58 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/libreadline FREEBSD-upgrade rlstdc.h CHANGELOG CHANGES MANIFEST Makefile.in README aclocal.m4 bind.c callback.c complete.c configure configure.in display.c funmap.c histexpand.c histfile.c histlib.h history.c history.h input.c ... Message-ID: <199908190815.JAA00539@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Aug 1999 16:34:08 EDT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908181632410.4840-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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> On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Mark Murray wrote: > > > "What stands in the way of moving libreadline out of /usr/src and into > > > ports where it belongs." > > > > The way I think I understand things; GNU code in FreeBSD that uses > > readline. > > Great, so if GDB and BC and the others are "dealt with" then we can > confine libreadline to ports where it belongs? Objections? I don't object (free is better than GPL), but I'd suggest that it's a very dangerous and tricky thing to do right. It may not be worth the effort. > -- > | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | > | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | > | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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