From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Apr 20 20:30:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49BE737B419 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 20:30:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g3L3U2R34379; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 20:30:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 20:30:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200204210330.g3L3U2R34379@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group Subject: Re: ports/37290: New port: tool for setting the title of xterms Reply-To: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR ports/37290; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group To: Andrew Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/37290: New port: tool for setting the title of xterms Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 20:18:44 -0700 In message <200204210310.g3L3A2E31747@freefall.freebsd.org>, Andrew writes: > The following reply was made to PR ports/37290; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Andrew > To: Doug Barton > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: ports/37290: New port: tool for setting the title of xterms > Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 12:58:41 +1000 (EST) > > On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Doug Barton wrote: > > > I don't object to this port, however I would like to point out > > that this functionality exists already in every modern shell I can think > > of. For example: > > ...and when it doesn't they can just call printf(1). New users however may > not know how to do it - it doesn't realy worry me one way or the other > though. I do object because it doesn't add any functionality that we cannot already do using other more simple means, yet it adds bloat to our ports tree. Unless you object, I will close the PR. Cheers, Phone: 250-387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: 250-387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Email: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, CITS Ministry of Management Services Province of BC FreeBSD UNIX: cy@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message