Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 14:20:53 -0400 From: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/isc-dhcp - Imported sources Message-ID: <395F8805.F8725D30@vangelderen.org> References: <395F81C1.BAA1F5D0@vangelderen.org> <200007021805.UAA22876@grimreaper.grondar.za>
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Mark Murray wrote: > > > > > Well, should we pull out the DNS server and use only a DNS client > > > > (resolver) ? ;-))) > > > > > > Maybe. But BSD has traditionally had a DNS server, and that's one reason > > > it stays. > > > > We traditionally had bdevs, spls and no 'struct bio'... > > If I consult my O'Reilly BSD4.4 books, it seems that MH, EMACS and Pascal > are all a part of BSD as well. That was a quick scan; I'm sure there are > more. > > By that standard, man 9, /dev/random and perl5 are all _not_ BSD. Oh, and let's not forget that BSD traditionally didn't run on x86 hardware either ;-p Can we agree to drop the 'traditionally' as a last resort argument to justify inertia? Compatibility, POLA, bloat, creeping featurism, etc. will do fine. -J -- Jeroen C. van Gelderen o _ _ _ jeroen@vangelderen.org _o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) _< \_ _>(_) (_)/<_ \_| \ _|/' \/ (_)>(_) (_) (_) (_) (_)' _\o_ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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