Re: FreeLinux (Debian/GNU BSD)
- To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>
- Cc: maxx@yuc.sch.bme.hu, kline@thought.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, publisher@laptop.ompages.com, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: FreeLinux (Debian/GNU BSD)
- From: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 17:58:38 +1000
- Message-id: <[🔎] 19990711175821.A31966@rising.com.au>
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- In-reply-to: <199907110614.XAA01396@tao.thought.org>; from Gary Kline on Sat, Jul 10, 1999 at 11:14:40PM -0700
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On Sat, Jul 10, 1999 at 11:14:40PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> Is a separate list really necessary? Until there are at
> least dozens hard-core committed and there is a real
> Core group form, all you'd have is yet-anoter-mailinglist.
At the moment we are sending to a FreeBSD list, a Debian list,
and a few individuals, I think this is non-optimal.
> As I see it--and it's been 15 years since I did any serious
> kernel hacking--the main effort would be adding the GNU|Linux
> extra-kernel code to the FreeBSD kernel. How many hacker-
> years' effort this is, I don't know.
>
> Is it worth the effort? Dunno; how many folks are willing
> to commit to some N 90-hour weeks?
First I think we need to work out what the goal would be. I've already
suggested an alternative goal which I personally think would be much
more valuable.
Hamish
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