From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 25 22:59:58 2005 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 DA47016A4CE for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:59:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEBA243D1D for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:59:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gert.cuykens@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id f1so206780rne for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:59:54 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=szis1sIeed0t61Np3Mm61VtrLf6+UlFatzvPJa+NcXids31hARRTmVUZ6CaywJAS5DXj2ZJ7hXwXC0QfInr7Kviib745rGgIr2yMFaigzOFD3bixF1PL/GPsoqWQiMF+o9Gbca5GSON1TV1wyU0JD7kGaMX/ADS0wYWWOXIc3kk= Received: by 10.38.162.79 with SMTP id k79mr132581rne; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:59:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.74.6 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:59:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:59:54 +0100 From: Gert Cuykens To: Kris Kennaway In-Reply-To: <20050125224732.GA28662@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <200501242315.12888.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> <200501251530.06424.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> <20050125055301.GB16896@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050125194736.GD76109@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050125224732.GA28662@xor.obsecurity.org> cc: Paul Schmehl cc: "Donald J. O'Neill" cc: Warren cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: perl and ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gert Cuykens List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:59:59 -0000 On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:47:32 -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 11:41:56PM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: > > ps who is the imake developer ? > > > > Believe me i am going to mail every developer where perl comes in > > between me and the application :P > > That would mostly just irritate developers and point out your own > ignorance. > > I think you need to learn some more about how the ports collection > works before you embark upon this crusade - in particular, understand > how and why perl is used in the places it is, and whether it's > feasible to remove it (in most cases it is not). > > Kris > no why would it irritate developers ? Its just a question ? i only want them to think a bit before they bring in perl to build there application. I am not a developer so i can not think for them i can only ask questions. I would not even ask them if the application itself would use it. Then i would accept it as part of a furniture. PS if you buy a new television do you still want the robotic arm of the factory standing next to it in your living room ? I can only talk about cosmetic things as a user because i dont know how a television works inside.