Re: HEADS UP! Major commits in the tree coming soon

From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith (stephen_at_math.missouri.edu)
Date: 05/29/03

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    Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 13:04:08 -0500
To: Thorsten Futrega <tfutrega@yahoo.co.uk>

    Thorsten Futrega wrote:

    >
    > The most important changes I'm going to commit today:
    >
    > - Remove gcc and replace it with a new TenDRA
    > snapshot.
    > - Remove GNU tar.

    I really don't see a need for any version of tar to be in the base system. I
    mean, where does it actually get used (other than things like installation,
    which don't really matter).

    >
    > - Fix httpd.ko to make it work on buggy AMD
    > processors.
    > - Drop support for 386 and 486 cpus.

    Shouldn't we also drop support for the earlier pentium systems as well? I think
    that we can safely assume that everyone is running a pentium 4 or better.

    >
    > - Remove ext2 support (GPL encumbered).

    Remove ffs support also (BSD license encumbered).

    >
    > - Add perl 5.8 *and* python 2.2 to base.

    I agree - perl makes a perfect replacement for tar.

    >
    > - Remove Sendmail and replace it with Postfix.

    I prefer USPS. 

    -- 
Stephen Montgomery-Smith
stephen@math.missouri.edu
http://www.math.missouri.edu/~stephen
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