From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 6 22:13:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA26894 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 22:13:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA26886 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 22:13:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id OAA26234; Tue, 7 Oct 1997 14:42:57 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19971007144257.56917@lemis.com> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 14:42:57 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: pechter@lakewood.com Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , dk+@ua.net, mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UUCP (important clarification) References: <2369.876125643@time.cdrom.com> <199710061102.HAA01674@i4got.lakewood.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199710061102.HAA01674@i4got.lakewood.com>; from Bill Pechter on Mon, Oct 06, 1997 at 07:02:55AM -0400 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, Oct 06, 1997 at 07:02:55AM -0400, Bill Pechter wrote: >>> Who can decide on this? Is there a conspiracy behind it? ;-) >> >> Given that I don't particularly *care* about UUCP in the first place, >> I really don't mind what goes into 2.2.5 as far as this is concerned. >> >> Anyone masochistic enough to still use UUCP in this day and age is >> also capable of fixing any breakage that may occur, I think. Go for it. ;) > > Masochistic 8-) > > UUCP is much easier to configure than, say gated.conf! Interesting discussion. I didn't realize how many UUCP users there are still out there, and how protective they are :-) Greg