From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Sep 5 19: 2:41 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from smtp13.bellglobal.com (smtp13.bellglobal.com [204.101.251.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2111A15799; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 19:02:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vanderh@ecf.toronto.edu) Received: from localhost.nowhere (ppp18360.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.130.40]) by smtp13.bellglobal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA25481; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 22:04:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from tim@localhost) by localhost.nowhere (8.9.3/8.9.1) id WAA71809; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 22:02:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tim) Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 22:02:16 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Masafumi NAKANE Cc: cpiazza@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/textproc/rand - Imported sources Message-ID: <19990905220216.B70327@mad> References: <199908010922.CAA77435@freefall.freebsd.org> <19990906101225V.masafumi@aslm.rim.or.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <19990906101225V.masafumi@aslm.rim.or.jp>; from Masafumi NAKANE on Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 10:12:25AM +0900 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [-committers -> -ports] On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 10:12:25AM +0900, Masafumi NAKANE wrote: > > > Import of rand, a cat-like utility that displays the lines of a file > > or stream in random order. > > If this belongs in textproc, less and most (and probably a few others) > should be in this category as well, or vice versa, I believe. I'm not sure I agree. Pagers (less and most) don't really _process_ text. Well...at least, I don't think they do. They're closer to editors than textproc, imho. -- This is my .signature which gets appended to the end of my messages. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message