Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Jul 1999 18:44:57 +0200 | From | Marc Mutz <> | Subject | Re: [Call For Wartectomy] CRLF conversion out of kernel |
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Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > > Alexander Viro writes: <snip> > > If somebody has really convincing arguments for preserving the sucker - > > tell. Otherwise it will die. > > Obvious reason: compatibility. <snip>
But if it is/was a mount _option_ then there should be no programs around that actually don't work without it, should there? So my vote goes for "kick it out", because if all the programs have to support it by themselves anyway, why leave it in the kernel?
Marc
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