Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 12:23:21 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: dmaddox@scsn.net Cc: David Nugent <davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au>, Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu>, andreas@klemm.gtn.com, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports-current/packages-current discontinued Message-ID: <15692.870549801@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 02 Aug 1997 15:11:35 EDT." <19970802151135.60481@scsn.net>
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> Most of this argument is just silly. Even the most vehement anti- > bloatists don't consider perl to be "an evil, bloated monster"; they just > consider _it's inclusion in the base distribution_ to be AEBM. While you I don't see the difference from the POV of this discussion so this paragraph of yours doesn't really parse for me. > In any case, I see none of this bloatist v. antibloatist propaganda > as cogent here. Tcl should not be part of the base system because it It's imminently cogent - this is NOT just a technical issue, it's an emotional one, and if you think that all software decisions are made on purely technical merits then I have a certain tower in Paris which I could make you a _great_ deal on. ;-) Jordan
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