Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 May 1997 16:27:31 -0500 (CDT) | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: What do you think of STREAMS? |
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On Mon, 12 May 1997, Alan Cox wrote:
> You can fetch and use the streams module from its source without it being > in the mainstream kernel, and without forcing most of the Linux community > who have absolutely no use for it from downloading it all the time.
Perhaps an "official" note in Documentation/ about why STREAMS and similar misfeatures are not in the kernel distribution and where they can be found would go a long way to ending these discussions.
Even further, a snapshot of the whatever the current project map is could be placed in there as well.
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