Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 10:08:21 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Summary of List of things to move from main tree to ports Message-ID: <3A900185.54C97B10@softweyr.com> References: <3A8E47DC.FAF7F962@elischer.org> <200102181155.f1IBt7957868@gratis.grondar.za>
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Mark Murray wrote:
>
> > I remember how ill I felt the first time I encountered a Unix system with
> > no C compiler...
>
> The idea here not not "no C Compiler" or in fact "no _anything_". Those
> are release-engineer policy decisions today, and customer choices
> tomorrow.
>
> _That_ is the point.
Right. For instance, why would you want to cram a C compiler on a flash-
based firewall? Or even a disk-based one?
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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