Re: Removing ARCNET stuffs

[Taylor R Campbell <campbell+netbsd-tech-kern%mumble.net@localhost>]

   Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 10:22:35 +0000
   From: David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>

   Because of these trends, I've been thinking for a while now that maybe
   it's getting to be time to fork. That would allow having one project
   that intends to stay current, with all the attendant requirements,
   which probably mostly doesn't make sense on vintage hardware; and
   another project that explicitly abandons most or all of that and
   instead concentrates on being the best possible traditional multiuser
   or workstation Unix, which does make sense on vintage hardware that
   was designed for (or could be adapted to) those roles, and which also
   makes sense on newer hardware to the extent it's consistent with the
   traditional role.

I suspect if people have the time and energy to make and maintain a
fork, they certainly have the time to write automatic tests for the
old network protocols.  If anyone wants to sit down and do that, I
would be happy to help.

If not, there already are `forks' that work: netbsd-5, netbsd-4, &c.