[9front] Some trash in the src tree

[9front] Some trash in the src tree

[an2qzavok]

I've been grepping the source for some reason and found /sys/src/cmd/tcs/font
Not only files there appear to never be referenced in tcs itself, it even 
contains a pre-compiled mips binary 'merge'.
Also, font/ code won't even complie due to missing 'libg.h' header.

I am a bit reluctant about sending plain removal patch though, what if it has 
some significant historical value? It looks like some font manipulating/
converting programs.

Re: [9front] Some trash in the src tree

[ori]

Removing it from the source tree doesn't remove it from the git history :)

The main problem is that if there's a precompiled binary, I don't know
how diff/patch will deal with it as things stand.

Quoth an2qzavok@gmail.com:
> I've been grepping the source for some reason and found /sys/src/cmd/tcs/font
> Not only files there appear to never be referenced in tcs itself, it even 
> contains a pre-compiled mips binary 'merge'.
> Also, font/ code won't even complie due to missing 'libg.h' header.
> 
> I am a bit reluctant about sending plain removal patch though, what if it has 
> some significant historical value? It looks like some font manipulating/
> converting programs.
> 
> 
> 

Re: [9front] Some trash in the src tree

[qwx]

On Sun Feb 11 23:13:09 +0100 2024, ori@eigenstate.org wrote:
> Removing it from the source tree doesn't remove it from the git history :)
> 
> The main problem is that if there's a precompiled binary, I don't know
> how diff/patch will deal with it as things stand.
> 
> Quoth an2qzavok@gmail.com:
> > I've been grepping the source for some reason and found /sys/src/cmd/tcs/font
> > Not only files there appear to never be referenced in tcs itself, it even 
> > contains a pre-compiled mips binary 'merge'.
> > Also, font/ code won't even complie due to missing 'libg.h' header.
> > 
> > I am a bit reluctant about sending plain removal patch though, what if it has 
> > some significant historical value? It looks like some font manipulating/
> > converting programs.

Seems like the font/ subdirectory is old and afaik undocumented 2e
code that hasn't been touched since that release as libg.h is already
missing in 3e.  From a quick glance, these might have been used to
generate some of the fonts in /lib/font.  Unless there's some utility
in porting this code, I suggest we just remove the directory.

Cheers,
qwx