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Date:      Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:24:05 +0000
From:      David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r279603 - in head: bin/rcp usr.bin/rlogin usr.bin/rsh
Message-ID:  <0969203E-A391-4528-8CA3-ABF96D5E5ED6@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20150305122103.GA90978@zxy.spb.ru>
References:  <201503042201.t24M1jDG009278@svn.freebsd.org> <20150305114828.GK17947@FreeBSD.org> <20150305122103.GA90978@zxy.spb.ru>

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On 5 Mar 2015, at 12:21, Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> wrote:
> 
>> I guess when they are going to be not precious enough to be removed? :)
>> 
>> In modern world of ssh and https, does any OS require them in base?
> 
> yes.
> Some telecom equipment require rlogin.

'Some relatively obscure use case needs them' is not usually the requirement for keeping something in the base system.  Presumably people who interact with telecoms equipment are capable of installing packages...

David



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