On 30-Dec-1999 Horst von Brand wrote:
> Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net> said:
>> On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Horst von Brand wrote:
>> > If you want to install it, go right ahead: this is free software in a free
>> > world. It might help you some for some time, but does _not_ help
>> > everybody,
>> > at least not in the long run.
>
>> Thats why it should be a kernel *option*. Then everyone can enable it
>> except you.
>
> That's why it should stay a separate patch: If you want it, you get
> it. When it gets useless, there is no pain in dropping it.
Do not see your point. Same is valid for stuff in the kernel. It gets
useless or a better user space app appears - it is dropped. Did not something
like this kind'a happened to masq and traffic shaper in 2.3.x ;-)
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