From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 2 08:26:49 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EACC106566C; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 08:26:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjoe@samodelkin.net) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C08088FC0C; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 08:26:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnk5 with SMTP id k5so4095060ggn.13 for ; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:26:48 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.139.4 with SMTP id qu4mr2155956obb.13.1322814408040; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:26:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.76.225 with HTTP; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:26:48 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [93.92.220.178] In-Reply-To: <20111202081716.GA23789@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20111202015537.GB4111@dragon.NUXI.org> <20111202024112.GC95365@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20111202081716.GA23789@dragon.NUXI.org> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 15:26:48 +0700 Message-ID: From: Max Khon To: obrien@freebsd.org, Brooks Davis , Max Khon , freebsd-current Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: removing libreadline from base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:26:49 -0000 David, On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:17 PM, David O'Brien wrote: Agreed and known. If the application(s) using libreadline weren't > already GPL I wouldn't have spoken up. > > When I added the libreadline compatibility to libedit, I changed all the > non-GPL libreadline uses to libedit. Nope. You forgot heimdal stuff. > If we have people willing > > to do the work now--as Max seems to be--then we might as well deal with > > the ports fallout from the removal of libreadline sooner rather than > > later. > > I guess this is the real agenda? To get ports to depend on an > /usr/ports' version of libreadline? > Agenda is available here: http://wiki.freebsd.org/GPLinBase > If so, can it please wait 6 months until we've gotten thru the current > nightmare that /usr/ports is on FreeBSD-CURRENT? > > Until this November that most ports would not build on -current, one > still cannot 'pkg_add -r' anything, etc... > > Right now, I don't think we need another thing different between FreeBSD > pre-10 and 10 that will be a /usr/ports headache. I would let portmgr and others decide on how long will the transition take. There is a PR about libreadline removal from base. It is being worked on. Max