Re: I backed out the sensors framework

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:59:19 +0000
In message <01fb01c80ff3$be1f48d0$6401a8c0_at_Mewtwo>, "YoctoGram" writes:
>
>> Now, who are you, and what is your role in this ?
>
>Well, I'm just a BSD OS lurker/fan.
>I really like netBSD.
>But the FreeBSD ZFS port caught my attention lately (despite the on going 
>ZFS lawsuit).
>
>Thanks for the clarifications, and I apologise for the disruption.
>
>Based on the following:
>
>>> If you compare at NetBSD, OpenBSD and FreeBSD, you will find a quite
>>> visible difference in the architectural attitude the projects take
>>> to various problems.
>
>I had the feelings that the 'backed out' was motivated by "BSD politics" 
>rather than tech merits.

Well, it's a mix really, and the politics is FreeBSD politics not
inter-BSD politics.

I think the BSD systems have been around each other long enough to
recognize that something may be a perfect fit for one BSD and a
total mess in another.

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Received on Tue Oct 16 2007 - 10:59:28 UTC

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