Return to BSD News archive
Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!mvb.saic.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.oberlin.edu!news!ctilburg From: ctilburg@cs.oberlin.edu (Chuck Van Tilburg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: 4.4-lite? Date: 29 Jul 1994 13:36:07 GMT Organization: Oberlin College Computer Science Lines: 32 Message-ID: <CTILBURG.94Jul29093607@occs.cs.oberlin.edu> References: <CTILBURG.94Jul28121153@occs.cs.oberlin.edu> <3192hr$61m@sundog.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: occs.cs.oberlin.edu In-reply-to: bobz@kirwaido.trystero.com's message of 28 Jul 1994 19:56:43 GMT with the proper modularity and organization, I don't see why it would be any difficulty to override the 'parent' tree on anything. Maybe even config could do the work for you; something like 'options FreeBSD_VM' or such. My post was just an observation. I will offer the further observation that via private email from both sides I am pretty much convinced that it will not happen. With inflammatory statements like 'mine is superior' and then 'no, MINE is superior', there can be no progress. What is needed is some agreement on the fundementals (the really basic basics) on technical merit alone, then an appropriate effort to organize things so that any party can reach his or her goals. There seems to be no time on either side for this to happen just yet (understandably) because it would require a lot of communication and organizational and code changes. I will maintain hope that it will eventually happen though. I just hope it is sooner rather than later because the longer the wait, the more difficult it will be. chuck AGAIN: this is *NOT* flame bait. It is just some observations I thought were relevant. -- /****************************************************************************** Charles C. Van Tilburg ctilburg@cs.oberlin.edu Computer Systems Technician Computer Science Program 216-775-8077/8064/0504 --> Oberlin College office(morning)/ 131 Severance Hall office(afternoon)/ Oberlin, Ohio, 44074 home. ******************************************************************************/