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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!comp.vuw.ac.nz!news.hn.netlink.co.nz!kcbbs!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!super.zippo.com!zdc-e!szdc!news From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@freebsd.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: no such thing as a "general user community" Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 23:51:53 -0500 Organization: John S. Dyson's home machine Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3339FCE9.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> References: <331BB7DD.28EC@net5.net> <3327B967.1D68@earthlink.net> <5g90qg$aj6@innocence.interface-business.de> <5g9hjp$api@flea.best.net> <5gmb58$6jd$1@news.clinet.fi> <5gn3ig$83d@flea.best.net> <5goqrq$5ak$1@news.clinet.fi> <5gpcf9$767@flea.best.net> <5grhf8$7d6$1@news.clinet.fi> <5gs1oc$kb2@flea.best.net> <5h9238$gua@innocence.interface-business.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37819 J Wunsch wrote: > > dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon) wrote: > > > Well, Berkeley LFS is indeed a log file system :-) ... the only > > reason lfs is not in the mainstream yet is that it depends on a > > number of 4.4isms that were not yet ported. I think 3.0 is > > working on this. I do not know the current status, someone else > > can probably give you a better answer. > > John Dyson has stated that he's interested in making LFS work once the > remainder of the Lite2 stuff is in an acceptable state. > That is indeed the project that I really want to work on. We need so much infrastructure work right now, that I will not likely get to it before June. However, I really want a working LFS, and am willing to do the work if needed. The LFS code as it is today needs alot of work, with a much better integration with the VM system. It does too much copying, etc. John