From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Jan 2 17:16:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [169.237.7.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AABC715204 for ; Sun, 2 Jan 2000 17:16:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (root@d60-025.leach.ucdavis.edu [169.237.60.25]) by relay.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA25007 for ; Sun, 2 Jan 2000 17:16:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id RAA57212 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Sun, 2 Jan 2000 17:16:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 17:16:43 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: editors/nedit vs. net/netcat Message-ID: <20000102171643.A57182@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org References: <199912282351.PAA52724@star1.sirius.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <199912282351.PAA52724@star1.sirius.com>; from eps+ncpo@sirius.com on Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 03:51:30PM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Keyid: 34F9F9D5 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 03:51:30PM -0800, Eric P. Scott wrote: > * I favor seeing netcat install as "netcat" rather than "nc" > (and adjusting the README accordingly). Comments? Nope. Netcat has been around alot longer than nedit, thus it is installed as ``nc'' on Suns, HP's, etc.. already. `nc' is the name it is known as, plain and simple. Plus netcat is often used in scripts, which would break with a name change. Why not ask the Nedit people to pick a new name for `nc'? `nclient' or something would be just fine. People demanding a shorter name can make an alias. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message