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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1709 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:54:40 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!gemini.oscs.montana.edu!osynw From: osynw@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Nathan Williams) Subject: Re: [386BSD] A few patchkit comments Message-ID: <1993Feb19.202259.12534@coe.montana.edu> Keywords: nn Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Montana State University References: <1993Feb16.182649.28351@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <1993Feb16.212839.10641@coe.montana.edu> <d4vz02yz361N01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1993 20:22:59 GMT Lines: 32 In article <d4vz02yz361N01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> gab10@cd.amdahl.com (Gary A Browning) writes: >In article <1993Feb16.212839.10641@coe.montana.edu>, >osynw@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Nathan Williams) writes: >> In article <1993Feb16.182649.28351@zip.eecs.umich.edu> >> dmuntz@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Dan Muntz) writes: > >[ deleted ] > >> In my opinion, the reason for the patchkit was to set up a base of >> reference for other people. It is not mandatory, but it makes it easier >> for fols to make changes and patches based against this version, and it > ^^^^ >Huh? fols = folks (though looking at it now, one could think I meant fools :-) >Can you describe the problems in a little more detail. >I would really like to see the drivers distributed as additional patch files >built on top of the current base level patchkit. Lets see if we can't work >out some of the problems in doing this. > Email me, and I can explain the gory details to you. I'm sure the rest of the people in the group don't want to know the plus's and minus's of the patchkit software. Nate -- osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | Still trying to find a good reason for nate@cs.montana.edu | these 'computer' things. Personally, home #: (406) 586-0579 | I don't think they'll catch on - Don H.