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Date:      Mon, 27 Nov 2017 19:09:55 +0700
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
To:        Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
Subject:   Re: The future of fortune(6)
Message-ID:  <5A1C0093.7020209@grosbein.net>
In-Reply-To: <201711270546.vAR5k0xB004578@slippy.cwsent.com>
References:  <201711270546.vAR5k0xB004578@slippy.cwsent.com>

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27.11.2017 12:46, Cy Schubert wrote:
> Of course FreeBSD isn't a Linux distro however RH has probably learned that 
> contentious issues like this aren't worth the risk and exposure and the 
> cost of supporting such software. FreeBSD is a volunteer effort. 
> Unnecessary software still exacts a cost even in an environment like ours.

fortune/strfile are not "unnecessary software" in a sense of C code.
They present nearly zero cost being working part of the system.
Please leave it alone, we use it.




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