Re: tn3270 removal (was: CVS commit: src)

2010-01-17 Thread David Holland
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 08:37:21AM +0100, Alistair Crooks wrote:
 > > I have added it to pkgsrc. Please let me know if it works, as I don't
 > > have an IBM mainframe in my back pocket for testing. :-/
 > 
 > Until then, there's always pkgsrc/emulators/hercules :-)

which, by a staggering coincidence, I just finished fixing so it builds...

(although I don't particularly know how to run it)

-- 
David A. Holland
dholl...@netbsd.org


Re: tn3270 removal (was: CVS commit: src)

2010-01-16 Thread Alistair Crooks
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 02:18:29AM +, David Holland wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:57:13PM +0100, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
>  > > > Where was this discussed before?
>  > > 
>  > > on tech-userlevel
>  > 
>  > I found that thread which didn't make it obvious that this would happen
>  > without a WORKING replacement in pkgsrc.
> 
> I have added it to pkgsrc. Please let me know if it works, as I don't
> have an IBM mainframe in my back pocket for testing. :-/

Until then, there's always pkgsrc/emulators/hercules :-)

Regards,
Alistair


Re: tn3270 removal (was: CVS commit: src)

2010-01-16 Thread David Holland
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:57:13PM +0100, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
 > > > Where was this discussed before?
 > > 
 > > on tech-userlevel
 > 
 > I found that thread which didn't make it obvious that this would happen
 > without a WORKING replacement in pkgsrc.

I have added it to pkgsrc. Please let me know if it works, as I don't
have an IBM mainframe in my back pocket for testing. :-/

-- 
David A. Holland
dholl...@netbsd.org


Re: tn3270 removal (was: CVS commit: src)

2010-01-16 Thread Bernd Ernesti
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:47:18PM +0100, Marc Balmer wrote:
> 
> Am 16.01.2010 um 23:29 schrieb Bernd Ernesti:
> 
> > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 03:34:26PM +, Roy Marples wrote:
> >> Module Name:   src
> >> Committed By:  roy
> >> Date:  Sat Jan 16 15:34:26 UTC 2010
> > [..]
> > 
> >> Log Message:
> >> Remove tn3270 from base system.
> >> If anyone really needs it then it can be put into pkgsrc.
> >> Importing c3270 into pkgsrc is probably a better option though.
> > 
> > Where was this discussed before?
> 
> on tech-userlevel

I found that thread which didn't make it obvious that this would happen
without a WORKING replacement in pkgsrc.

Thats is not the way such things where handled in the past.
Especially that not even one week was waited after such an thread started.

Bernd



Re: tn3270 removal (was: CVS commit: src)

2010-01-16 Thread Marc Balmer

Am 16.01.2010 um 23:29 schrieb Bernd Ernesti:

> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 03:34:26PM +, Roy Marples wrote:
>> Module Name: src
>> Committed By:roy
>> Date:Sat Jan 16 15:34:26 UTC 2010
> [..]
> 
>> Log Message:
>> Remove tn3270 from base system.
>> If anyone really needs it then it can be put into pkgsrc.
>> Importing c3270 into pkgsrc is probably a better option though.
> 
> Where was this discussed before?

on tech-userlevel