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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: Re: Wishlist: FreeBSD 2.0
Date: 16 Aug 1994 23:14:27 GMT
Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman  Montana
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In article <777048964.AA03114@f74.n700.z6.ftn.air.org>,
Clarence Chu <Clarence.Chu@f132.n700.z6.ftn.air.org> wrote:
>Hi Netter,
> 
>I have a wishlist for the upcoming FreeBSD-2.0
>1) that the major number of shared library be '1' with minor number 
>   be increased to make previously compiled binaries to work

Not going to happen, since major #1 is already used, and the libraries in
2.0 are WAY different.  Keep your old libraries around and the old binaries
will work.

>2) Gcc-2.6X be incorporated so as to facilitate Fresco/X11R6

It's in there.

>3) Mach pthread library and multi-thread features be implemented
>   to allow for experiencing multi-threaded X server.

See /usr/src/lib/libpthread.  Not sure if that's enough, but we're more
than willing to accept code. :-)

>4) .....long ( 6 years from AT&T anouncement ) awaited iBCS support.

It's being worked on.  I'd call it late-Alpha.

>5) cross compiler to ?????? processor can be made using the stock 
>   compiler.

Since FreeBSD runs on x86 machines, what gain would there be?


Nate
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