* Sascha Retzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-05-09 17:22]:
> 1.) Do you plan to distribute several MTAs, like NetBSD currently does?

hah. besides that beeing stupid, let's see what options we have...
-qmail: unfree
-postfix: unfree
-exim: dunno license currently, but awkward 80s design, poor 
 implementation, just plain sucks
-sendmail: at least free enough to stick it in gnu/

> 2.) Do you plan to distribute PAM in base?

no way.

> 3.) Did anybody look close enough on TenDRA yet? I'd like to know how much
> GNUism is in OpenBSDs base, building mechanism, so basicly it adds up to:
> How long do we/you have to wait till TenDRA can be used?

tell me when tendra can compile hello world apps on all our archs...

I am getting quite bored by that. all balony. I don't see viable 
alternatives to gcc in the near future, unfortunately.

that said, we try to avoid gccisms.

> 3.2.) Even if the compiler/debugger/linker stuff runs on BSDLed code from
> the TenDRA people, do you roughly know how much software in base is GPL/GNU,
> and how much of that must be there?

go check out src/gnu/ yourself

> 4.) I saw lkm-stuff in your tree, do you want the same situation as linux has,
> like that "too much" is modulized, or do you want that API for situations 
> where kernel mods are the only bearable solution?

there is no intent to ship any lkms by default.

> 6.) Do you guys like X11R6? Would you remove it if $somebody comes up with
> some basic window-manager-alike basing on something simple like svgalibs?

oh yeah let's deny our users access to almost all graphical apps!

that does not make sense.

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