From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Aug 3 05:06:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA21362 for stable-outgoing; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 05:06:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA21355; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 05:06:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id VAA13930; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 21:36:15 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708031206.VAA13930@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Make this a relese coordinator decision (was Re: ports-current/packages-current discontinued) In-Reply-To: from David Holloway at "Aug 3, 97 04:28:06 am" To: daveh@tamis.com (David Holloway) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 21:36:15 +0930 (CST) Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk David Holloway stands accused of saying: > > (No we dont have to follow linux junkies and make perl5 default. > while doing some porting, I discovered that linux(redhat) > has ppmtoxpm and bmptoppm in /usr/bin ?? what is up with that? > my point? tcl and perl5 dont belong in the base.) > This is a clear case of confusing perl/tcl-as-system-component with perl/tcl-as-user-convenience. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[