From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Dec 16 13:31:18 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id NAA04590 for bugs-outgoing; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 13:31:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id NAA04584; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 13:31:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0vZkbm-0003x9C; Mon, 16 Dec 96 13:29 PST Received: from critter.tfs.com (localhost.phk.dk [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.8.2/8.8.2) with ESMTP id WAA14071; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:33:27 +0100 (MET) To: Mike Pritchard cc: muir@idiom.com (David Muir Sharnoff), hsu@clinet.fi, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/146 In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 16 Dec 1996 12:23:05 PST." <199612162023.MAA29815@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:33:27 +0100 Message-ID: <14069.850772007@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199612162023.MAA29815@freefall.freebsd.org>, Mike Pritchard writes: >David Muir Sharnoff wrote: >> >> The only reason I brought this up is that if FreeBSD has a compress >> program at all, it might as well have the best... >> >> -Dave > >My reason for closing the PR was that it was nearing its 2nd birthday >and it is very unlikely that after that length of time anyone >is going to every act on it. It is one of those PRs that >seems to fall into the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" category. Unless, of course somebody else would hand us the code nicely wrapped and with a big red bow on it, ready to stick in src/contrib and src/usr.bin/compress :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.