From owner-freebsd-current Wed Oct 3 12:36:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from atg.aciworldwide.com (h139-142-180-4.gtcust.grouptelecom.net [139.142.180.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5043137B403 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 12:36:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atg.aciworldwide.com (atg.aciworldwide.com [139.142.180.33]) by atg.aciworldwide.com (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id f93JaQ8f031433 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 13:36:26 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <200110031936.f93JaQ8f031433@atg.aciworldwide.com> Organization: ACI Worldwide - Advanced Technology Group X-URL: http://www.aciworldwide.com/ X-Notes-Item: Just say no to Notes! To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uucp user shell and home directory Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 13:36:26 -0600 From: Lyndon Nerenberg Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG All these "solutions" assume that everyone is wired up with IP connectivity. The original questions was "who uses UUCP?" One answer is: "those without IP connectivity." Part of the problem here I suspect is that the people who develop and maintain FreeBSD live a life where a T-3 into your livingroom is just something you take for granted. These folks need to spend some time living in the Northwest Territories or Central America (where IP connectivity is not just a luxury -- it's often not available) to really appreciate the ramifications of the decision to remove this software. UUCP has many valid uses. Even today. If you don't understand the software, that's fine with me. Just don't use your ignorance as an excuse to dike the software out. Or more precisely, admit you want to rip the code out because you don't understand what it is, rather than making up specious excuses for it's removal. --lyndon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message