Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:47:11 +0930 (CST) From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org> To: kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au (Kris Kennaway) Cc: chat@freebsd.org, cpiazza@home.net Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports LEGAL Message-ID: <199906300717.QAA34412@atdot.dotat.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9906301627110.22587-100000@bragg> from "Kris Kennaway" at Jun 30, 99 04:28:44 pm
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Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Mark Newton wrote:
> > Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > > Joking aside, does this port really do anything other than spit newlines to
> > > the terminal? If so, I'm not sure it warrants being an entire port.
> >
> > Yeah, you're right. We should wait 'til the GNU version comes out,
> > with 75 command-line options... Then commit it to the base distribution.
>
> You mean `gcls --color-clear --black-clear --depth=25 --smooth-scroll=on
> --tune=stairway_to_heaven.mp3 --nice=-20`? It's indispensable! :)
You forgot "--mailbox=/var/mail/newton". Remember that all free
software projects develop ultimately to the point where they can read
email.
It'd be written with a modular architecture too, so that it'd start
your windscreen wipers if you ran it on your car's MP3 player.
- mark :-)
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