On Sat, Nov 20, 1999 at 07:33:36AM -0800, Craig Brozefsky wrote: > I don't see how Debian/FreeBSD would do anything to jeopardize > existing Debian ports. It may suck up the time of some developers, but > since all developers are volunteers, that is their own perogative. > It will not force any Debian software to go with a BSD license, or > require that software packaged for it follows the BSD license.
Don't forget about competition for archive space resources. The port isn't being approached with an eye towards conserving archive space -- everything is being recompiled. Supposedly the goal of this project is to give linux users the option of using a bsd kernel. So the first goal should be to upgrade freebsd's linux compatability to the point where the freebsd kernel plus some small number of kernel- dependent packages can drop in to an existing debian system. Instead, stuff like bash and gcc are being rebuilt to run on freebsd, and there's a call going out for help in rebuilding the rest of the archive. While there's nothing inherently wrong with rebuilding the world, in the current circumstances it seems more like a competitive strategy than an enhancement strategy. [And, yes, I've posted on debian-bsd about this. Last time I checked my email I'd not gotten any responses.] -- Raul
