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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