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Date:      Tue, 07 May 2002 21:30:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: The future of perl on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20020507213002.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200205072241.g47Mf0jV002339@grimreaper.grondar.org>

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On 07-May-2002 Mark Murray wrote:
> 3) Ditch perl from the base system completely, and rely on the
>    ports system for FreeBSD's perl requirements.
>    PRO: Speed up "make world", debloat source tree, prevent
>         many cross-build breakages.
>    CON: No high-level scripting system in the tree by default
>         (need to install a port to get one). The ports collection
>         will need some work to handle this.
>    I've tested a build of this, including kernel. Some apps
>    (like sockstat) break. I could commit this if it is wanted.

I would vote for this and the suggestion some other folks made earlier
that perl be installed by default by sysinstall except that a user
could go into the custom menu and disable it if they wished.

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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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