Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 20:05:42 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Thorsten=20Futrega?= <tfutrega@yahoo.co.uk> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Major commits in the tree coming soon Message-ID: <20030529190542.76937.qmail@web21412.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3ED64B98.6050101@math.missouri.edu>
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--- Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> wrote: > Thorsten Futrega wrote: > > - Remove GNU tar. > > > I really don't see a need for any version of tar to > be in the base system. I It's not needed if we have pax, and GNU tar generates broken tar files that can't be extracted with, e.g. NetBSD pax or Solaris' tar. > Shouldn't we also drop support for the earlier > pentium systems as well? I think That's certainly planned for 6.0 > > - Add perl 5.8 *and* python 2.2 to base. > I agree - perl makes a perfect replacement for tar. You've showed me in the past that you have zero respect for both the project and the community, so , please, go back to your troll cave. Thorsten __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html
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