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From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
Subject: Re: ports/37290: New port: tool for setting the title of 
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The following reply was made to PR ports/37290; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
To: Andrew <andrew@ugh.net.au>
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 <andrew@ugh.net.au>
 > To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
 > 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.
 
 
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