From owner-freebsd-current Fri Apr 9 21:25:41 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from eagle.phc.igs.net (eagle.phc.igs.net [207.210.17.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E8DC14F06 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 21:25:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eagle@eagle.phc.igs.net) Received: from localhost (eagle@localhost) by eagle.phc.igs.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA20962; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 23:21:15 GMT (envelope-from eagle@eagle.phc.igs.net) Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 23:21:14 +0000 (GMT) From: eagle To: Rod Taylor Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE: g77 in base system. In-Reply-To: <370F1592.8AF97FD1@rcc.on.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Rod Taylor wrote: > > Right or wrong, you forgot: > > > > 5. BSD tradition. > > > > Case 5 justifies Fortran. > > > > Me, I'd rather have Fortran as a port. I'd even grudgingly accept > > fortune as a port, as a matter of fact. Our base system is bloated. > > While a lot of widely used programs are only available through > > ports, a lot of obscure and obsolete stuff remains on our tree. They > > are there because of 5. As long as 5 exists, Fortran belongs in the > > tree. If we ever get rid of 5, then it's time to get the knife to > > our tree... Or the axe, if the vikings decide to have the first cut. > > :-) > > > > Whelp... I vote to break tradition. Hack away... The installer takes > care of alot of stuff like ports installs. Perhaps different standard > setups could be configured as ports. Ie. 'bloated setup' would require > all the ports which are currently included. > > 'Server setup' port wouldn't have any Client stuff. > > 'Desktop' could install a 'nicer' windomanager (kde? gnome?) for teh user, > and be pre-setup to start xdm, etc. > > The installer can currently install packages, so reworking those 'system > install options' to fit simpler naming convention than 'Kernel Hacker, X > user, X+ source, etc.' may be appropriate. > > I know.. lots of talk and no action. Oh well... my thoughts :) > well geeze Xwindows isnt in the base source tree anymore, what more do ya want ;) rob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message