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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository
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John Goerzen |
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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository |
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Fri, 12 Sep 2003 07:40:11 -0500 |
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"Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden> writes:
> I think that a category may be defined (abstractly) as a set of
> pristine trees that may be expected to share code with each other via
> the RCS. (Of course these semantics are instantiated in a very
Ah ha. Now that clicks with me, and now I see what Miles and Tom have
been trying to tell me. Sometimes it takes three tries with me, I
guess :-)
> However, Linux shows how complex this idea might be. Although I think
> this consideration makes it clear that "linux kernel" as a category is
> appropriate, consider that many of the drivers are shared (in large
> part) with other kernels. So maybe that category should be "kernel"?
> Not! but ... ;-)
Well, it's true that, for instance, certain Linux and FreeBSD drivers
have a common ancestor. However, I suspect that the different OSs are
different enough that once they get ported to another OS, they tend to
be rather different.
-- John
- [Gnu-arch-users] ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, John Goerzen, 2003/09/11
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, Karel Gardas, 2003/09/11
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, Miles Bader, 2003/09/11
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, John Goerzen, 2003/09/11
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, Miles Bader, 2003/09/11
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, John Goerzen, 2003/09/11
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, Tom Lord, 2003/09/11
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/09/11
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository,
John Goerzen <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/09/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, Doran Moppert, 2003/09/13
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, Miles Bader, 2003/09/11
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, Tom Lord, 2003/09/11
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, Miles Bader, 2003/09/11
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, John Goerzen, 2003/09/11
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, John Goerzen, 2003/09/11
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, Miles Bader, 2003/09/11
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, John Goerzen, 2003/09/11
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: ANN: Linux Kernel Arch Repository, Denys Duchier, 2003/09/11