Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 11:28:16 -0700 From: "Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya)" <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rtools were deemed almost unused 15 years ago... Message-ID: <3C040459-025D-4BB2-A4AC-8D180A95322B@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20170620110644.lkdw2s7jnfckapnl@roberto-aw.eurocontrol.fr> References: <CAGSa5y3kVajpSSJUT9Vt0-dTwtaXMwNWvv_ELH14z68osM0UYA@mail.gmail.com> <20170620110644.lkdw2s7jnfckapnl@roberto-aw.eurocontrol.fr>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] > On Jun 20, 2017, at 4:06 AM, Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> wrote: > > According to Jeremie Le Hen on Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 12:25:46PM +0200: >> Therefore, I hereby propose to remove rtools from the base system. I >> acknowledge this will likely cause troubles for a handful of people >> who are still relying on it for good or bad reasons. But the flipside >> is that the attack surface of millions of FreeBSD installed out there >> will be reduced. >> >> The proposed roadmap is: >> - disable from the build on head and let it soak for one month >> - remove rtools from the base. >> >> What do you guys think? Any preferred color for the bikeshed? :) > > Go for it. rsh, etc doesn’t live in ports, and there are viable uses for it still, even though this day in age they’re greatly reduced. - I’ll submit a new port for those that still need it. - I’ll disable it in base; add a nice comment noting that it’s available in ports. -> Best case scenario, we can remove rsh from base before 12.0. Thanks! -Ngie [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJZSWlBAAoJEPWDqSZpMIYVCFAQAMmbG9JqokjZcryICJBGb4T/ jgvTGIjbPLzd3OTy24wTlbo0Hv3NsJ20WLvwI9pYt910uMYTIPqICxctXSv5Bgw4 3NIC9PTCc9y3m3o8rGrYdIoQeJ/JZoJhaj+iL590PM0/vAG9qasK4MrP3YkVKLQk FATrfxoG+Uq87Zm1G45gW3UIbh7Gx1A81HuF8EckH6LlTabLQYabxQQ1IqY9So3C jTmdc6Cg+0QQ+OmN+XrG17UnHezHY+LPhs1D+Q3G/GkGgbHm8qsNlN/dVqa6loiA HWfEKcON6t62IP1kAJSGZI/QDmo3DMtFkcTGWDwMa/+SXPgq62QzfV4A/vm9960r rcNtDdGsSIUJ9NEBSrdzukRoOIlXBKTwQfrVnEjumGK1XwG5GKi6VQSg0TtF2hek gHscKXwNHhr8wCYfzUYOCxkX0QokBLbOUnyvgiRLYH9PUnRDErRefn4mH24h3dhD rlknBezK1q/EZygNpha4gKZDsWIPkFvv59DgPQP+1yHnQraVDyMhQZHbkJXZZjzY XbzJt8y4ChtOci1i2EGJ+reBLYUPbEN6M50myf3QhYvxdUWAiMzgfkCBwqmWlrmb mLurQoG7MZCyKGvBilWTaJn0wqWW3x58mEvZiaiIMVWtqoMext0Y5xmayOu+nzTg Lg5gh3inU2mCv09kFGIa =cjh5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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