Re: CVS commit: src/share/mk

[Jim Wise <jwise%draga.com@localhost>]

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On Mar 16, 2006, at 18:16 , Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
> Actually, there are ways to do that. More to the point, NetBSD is not
> the operating system where people go off and remove other people's
> work without talking to them about it first.
>
> Maybe we decide we'll agree with you in the end, but first you have to
> undo what you've done and do this correctly -- with a public
> discussion about the design instead of with a removal of the work.

Sorry, no.  Leaving aside the humor value of such a demand coming  
from you of all people, this code was _long_ past due for removal.

More specifically, the code was incomplete, not being worked on, and  
was undoubtedly well-bitrotted (can you point me to a single source  
directory added since these changes were made which followed the  
`new' conventions?).  It served no purpose in tree, and had the  
potential to do harm, both by confusing users of share/mk, and by  
discouraging anyone looking at replacing the set lists who might  
actually finish the job from getting started.

This code should not be re-added, and if it is to be worked on at  
all, that work should happen on a branch or in a private repository  
until the code is in a state to replace even the _current_  
functionality of what we have, never mind enable any movement  
forward.  This was the precedent set by syspkg (which lived in a  
private repository until it was possible to duplicate the  
functionality of distrib/sets with distrib/syspkg), and it's just  
common sense as well.

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                                Jim Wise
                                jwise%draga.com@localhost




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