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Re: Removing ARCNET stuffs



On Tue, 26 May 2015 16:20:09 +0900
Ryota Ozaki <ozaki-r%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:

> The next sacrifice is ARCNET. It seems it hasn't been
> used for long years (7 years or more):
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2015/05/22/msg066175.html
> 
> So I'm trying to remove them but the target files are
> much more than I had expected (see the bellow diffstat).
> 
> Please stop me if you want to keep the files.

I don't have an Arcnet board and I don't know anybody using it, but
on the Amiga there are not many options for network cards. If somebody
happens to own an Arcnet board he would be happy to use it.

What are the reasons behind removing working parts from the source tree
anyway? Aren't there more important things to do?

-- 
Frank Wille


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