Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 09:27:15 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams), phk@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-etc@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/mtree BSD.usr.dist Message-ID: <199606220727.JAA13561@grumble.grondar.za>
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Michael Smith wrote: > The way it was done was, IMHO, wrong. But we _do_ want Tcl and a more > current Perl in the tree. And other widely-accepted development tools, > particularly those that are components (like Tcl and Perl) rather than > whole applications (eg UPS). Hear hear! (More current Perl!) > Someone should stand up and wear the new Perl. Hmm... Last time I just _suggested_ this, the flamew^h^h^h^h^hdiscussion was a thing to behold :-). I could help lots with Perl. Things are changing, and I will have much more time to do this. > And I'd suggest the anti-bloatists stop and think a few seconds before > bitching. > > Look at what disk space (doesn't) cost. Consider the advantages of having > one _single_standard_ version. And the fact that Someone Else will > be looking after it, not you. Hear, Hear! M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key
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