Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 15:26:48 +0700 From: Max Khon <fjoe@samodelkin.net> To: obrien@freebsd.org, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, Max Khon <fjoe@samodelkin.net>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: removing libreadline from base system Message-ID: <CADe0-4njjV=9Yi=6omzwQq9iYoEVqikYNAwF4BZEbD3FdNAe6g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111202081716.GA23789@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <CADe0-4kDotyR096Yfv9_pwAw_K6fe2XJ5QUpgkFLE1Q6q4YdmA@mail.gmail.com> <20111202015537.GB4111@dragon.NUXI.org> <20111202024112.GC95365@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20111202081716.GA23789@dragon.NUXI.org>
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David, On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:17 PM, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> 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
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