On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 22:07 -0800, John Sonnenschein wrote: > Currently, there is no possible way to build an opensolaris distribution > without including the closed-source libc_i18n.a. What this means is that a > traditional distribution is entirely out of the question. This is entirely > unacceptable for a project which wishes to call itself "Open Source". > > I propose that a project be started seeking to re-implement all necessary > functions locked up behind that binary. > > I've done a rudimentary count of the work required, and from what I can tell > there's a small number ( 100 - 200 ) utility functions ( wcwidth() for > example) that need a rewrite. > > I would prefer if this project be attached to the name of > "closed-reimplementation " or something similar, due to the fact that the > primary focus at first will be to remove libc_i18n.a, and that must be > integrated without delay, but ultimately I'd like for closed bins to > disappear completely.
+1 -- Erast _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
