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Re: "Is it dead yet?"
- To: jshammond at my-Deja dot com
- Subject: Re: "Is it dead yet?"
- From: Robert Lipe <robertlipe at usa dot net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 14:53:22 -0600
- Cc: egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
- References: <EOFDGHCNGBMDDBAA@my-deja.com>
> >For these ports that have clearly not compiled in a long time, is it
> >really worth keeping them alive? I'm not
> Within the last year I used the 1750 files
> to create a compiler. The company I work
(I knew I shouldn't have included specific examples...)
I was asking less about moving specific ports into "archival-only" mode
than about the policy of doing it in general. It's surely a good idea
to keep these old ports publicly available. I was wondering if it was
worthwhile to just pull them out of the main tree.
> The fact that there were existing 1750 files
> saved me a great deal of effort. Creating
Did you submit your work back so the next person doesn't have to
duplicate it?
RJL