From owner-freebsd-current Tue May 7 18:30:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail15.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 408CD37B40C for ; Tue, 7 May 2002 18:30:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 11312 invoked from network); 8 May 2002 01:30:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail15.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 8 May 2002 01:30:04 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (laptop.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.4]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g481U3F31437; Tue, 7 May 2002 21:30:03 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200205072241.g47Mf0jV002339@grimreaper.grondar.org> Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 21:30:02 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Mark Murray Subject: RE: The future of perl on FreeBSD Cc: current@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message