From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 24 15:47:36 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 A95F416A41F for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 15:47:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: from opusnet.com (mail.opusnet.com [209.210.200.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E86F43D49 for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 15:47:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: from localhost.localhost [70.98.247.55] by opusnet.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.05) id A8141D3500A2; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:47:32 -0700 Received: from localhost.localhost (localhost.localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localhost (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j6OFmBAh001986; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:48:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localhost (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j6OFm5CE001985; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:48:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) To: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" References: <20050724081711.I7429@prime.gushi.org> From: garys@opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:48:05 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20050724081711.I7429@prime.gushi.org> (Dan Mahoney's message of "Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:52:20 -0400 (EDT)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Jumbo Shrimp, berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions on termcap suggestions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 15:47:36 -0000 > I'm sending this through so someone may find it in the future and > save themself some effort. Good of you to try to document it; I wish I knew where else it could go. I wonder if there should be a wiki-type knowledge base for things like that. > Related: In searching around I've also found a teeny tiny little > program called lpansi that allows you to cat a file to your local > printer. Shouldn't something like this be in the base, or in ports? > I found things like birthstone references and what certain flowers > mean in /usr/share/misc, why not a useful "print" command? It's easy to guess why not: the developers who've paid their dues (or otherwise got their clout), and so control the contents of the base OS, haven't been convinced to put it in. You could write a PR proposing the addition, but you'd have better luck volunteering to make a port for it. As for "cruft" in the OS, a PR on the subject would be more likely to encourage some cleanup than any comments in -questions. Removing cruft can often be more work than adding it, so it tends to take plenty of encouragement, or volunteer work.