Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 00:10:49 -0700 From: Chris Piazza <cpiazza@home.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports LEGAL Message-ID: <19990630001049.B36035@norn.ca.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9906301631130.8049-100000@bragg>; from Kris Kennaway on Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 04:35:09PM %2B0930 References: <19990629235629.A36035@norn.ca.eu.org> <Pine.OSF.4.10.9906301631130.8049-100000@bragg>
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On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 04:35:09PM +0930, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Chris Piazza wrote:
>
> > > Joking aside, does this port really do anything other than spit newlines to
> > > the terminal? If so, I'm not sure it warrants being an entire port.
> >
> > I see your point, as that is all it does, but it's along the same
> > lines as having a unix2dos port when the FAQ clearly has a few
> > examples using regular expressions and tr to do the same thing.
> > Admittedly it's not quite the same, and I can remove it if it's
> > deemed unworthy.
>
> I'd hate to see this set a precedent for committing things as ports which are
> much better as trivial shell aliases or 1-line scripts. Maybe instead we could
> create a page of 'useful aliases' or something to which people could make
> their contributions.
OK, I agree. Unless there's an objection (which I don't think there
will be) I'll remove it in a few minutes. Good idea for the FAQ (or
wherever, though.)
-Chris
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