+1 here's my vote for a project name: Project Emancipation
cheers, steve On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 10:07:28PM -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. > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org -- stephen lau // [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 650.786.0845 | http://whacked.net opensolaris // solaris kernel development _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
