From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 8 22:35:55 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA14360 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:35:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA14355 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:35:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id RAA04066; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 17:40:09 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199902090640.RAA04066@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ In-Reply-To: <199902090631.WAA65428@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> from Steve Kargl at "Feb 8, 1999 10:31:49 pm" To: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu (Steve Kargl) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 17:40:09 +1100 (EST) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Steve Kargl wrote: > David's original email said he was going to commit without giving > a justification. I call it bloat, then the justifications pour in. > I'm now convinced it may be a good thing with a security audit. > > However, if every committer starting to push his (pet) software > as candidate for the base distribution, then the base will > grow without bounds. How long did it take to kill tcl from > the base distribution, and how long will it take to kill f2c? IMHO, "Just Do It". Ask David. 8-) -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message