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Dead ports [Re: config(5) break down]



Andrew Doran <ad%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
> > I *do* think it's a useful datapoint to note that sun2, pmax, algor, etc.
> > are never, ever downloaded any more.
> 
> Right, and these dead ports must be euthanized.  The mountain of
> unused device drivers and core kernel code is a signficant hinderance to
> people working in the kernel. 

Fully agree (as one having this pain too).

For those single developers who still have such machines, as a "hardware
replacement" and moral compensation, TNF could buy some new ARM or MIPS
board for hacking.  Would be a win-win case, would not?

-- 
Mindaugas


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