From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 9 15:24:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 302DE16A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 15:24:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp08.wxs.nl (smtp08.wxs.nl [195.121.6.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F171743D2F for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 15:24:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp08.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HUC00E4Q0VFTL@smtp08.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:21:16 +0100 (MET) Received: from alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i29NNI3A024589; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:23:19 +0100 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by alex.lan (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i29NNIOY024588; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:23:18 +0100 Content-return: prohibited Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:23:17 +0100 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <20040309224348.9C55B5C2B@techpc04.okladot.state.ok.us> To: Paul Seniura Message-id: <20040309232317.GA24012@alex.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <20040309224348.9C55B5C2B@techpc04.okladot.state.ok.us> X-Authentication-warning: alex.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I have some questions about telnet/telnetd/libtelnet/tn3270 and why FreeBSD is different than other BSDs in this regard X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 23:24:35 -0000 Dear Paul, On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 04:43:48PM -0600, Paul Seniura wrote: > It seems NetBSD and OpenBSD continue to include > telnet+telnetd+tn3270 together under one subdir as part of > /src/usr.bin -- but FreeBSD moved only the telnet[d] pieces > to /src/contrib/telnet and eliminated the tn3270 pieces completely. > > (I haven't dug too deep yet in the libtelnet tree, which is one > piece that FreeBSD does retain as other BSDs have it. > But for right now let's stick to the command & daemon parts.) > > I'm seriously debating in my head whether FreeBSD should add back > the tn3270 pieces to /src/contrib/telnet so that we can match the > other BSDs albeit in the 'contrib' subtree. I don't understand the word albeit in this line. English is not my native language, sorry. Why do you want so much for all different groups to be alike? It seem to me that differences are natural when you have diffenent groups. NetBSD and OpenBSD didn't have ports when FreeBSD started with the use of ports. And this now is very succeful. We whould have missed this if all we did was be like the others. I personal feel that getting stuff out of the base system and in to the port tree is a good thing if it is posible. This is more modulair and thus is much more flexible. I see this as a good thing. Why should this ports be in the base system? Just because NetBSD or OpenBSD do? FreeBSD is not OpenBSD or NetBSD -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/