Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 16:27:15 -0700 From: Eric Melville <eric@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: src/games bikeshed time. Message-ID: <20021009162715.A49962@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200210091029.g99AT8hb009974@grimreaper.grondar.org>; from mark@grondar.za on Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 11:29:08AM %2B0100 References: <200210091029.g99AT8hb009974@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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> The current flare-up over src/games/wargames reminds me that we are > carrying a bunch of Really Old Stuff in usr/games/. > > Yes folks, its that time of the year. > > I ask myself, "why are we wasting ``make world'' time and install > bandwidth on 1970's-era games?". > > Some folks will answer "tradition". This argument holds little > water. Programs come and go, and there is no firm reference or agreement > as to what is "really traditional". This agument can be used to import > emacs on the grounds that it is documented in the O'Reilly BSD 4.4 > books. I'm all for moving them to the projects directory in cvs, that seemed like a good solution for sccs. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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