HEADS UP! Major commits in the tree coming soon

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith]

Thorsten Futrega wrote:

>
> The most important changes I'm going to commit today:
>
> - Remove gcc and replace it with a new TenDRA
> snapshot.
> - Remove GNU tar.


I really don't see a need for any version of tar to be in the base system.  I 
mean, where does it actually get used (other than things like installation, 
which don't really matter).

>
> - Fix httpd.ko to make it work on buggy AMD
> processors.
> - Drop support for 386 and 486 cpus.


Shouldn't we also drop support for the earlier pentium systems as well?  I think 
that we can safely assume that everyone is running a pentium 4 or better.

>
> - Remove ext2 support (GPL encumbered).


Remove ffs support also (BSD license encumbered).

>
> - Add perl 5.8 *and* python 2.2 to base.


I agree - perl makes a perfect replacement for tar.

>
> - Remove Sendmail and replace it with Postfix.


I prefer USPS.


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Stephen Montgomery-Smith
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