On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 10:23:07AM +0200, John Hay wrote: > > > > I plan to remove doscmd from the base system for the sole reason that it > > > > is no longer useful. Any objections? > > > > > > Why would you want to remove it? It is still very usefull. I use it > > > regularly. The only drawback currently is that the Makefile is set > > > up in such a way that it does not pick up X during a "make world", > > > so after a "make world" you have to build it again to pick up X. > > > Built without X it is less usefull. > > > > This is exactly the reason why the source tree is not the right > > place for doscmd. > > That might be and is the reason I asked for the reasoning behind it. One > reason why keeping it in the tree is good, is because it help pick API > changes that break it. Out in ports it might take a while to pick that > up and then it will be the poor user's problem. :-/ Doscmd use parts of > the kernel that isn't used by many other programs. Port compile problems are typically picked up on bento within a week, and often within 24 hours. Kris
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