From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 4 16:26:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA21629 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 16:26:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA21621 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 16:26:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.7/8.6.9) with ESMTP id QAA13169; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 16:26:22 -0800 (PST) To: Terry Lambert cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mv /usr/src/games /dev/null - any objections? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 04 Nov 1997 20:28:34 GMT." <199711042028.NAA25735@usr06.primenet.com> Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 16:26:22 -0800 Message-ID: <13165.878689582@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [Some great Terry invective elided] > It's not so much as "where to start" that pisses me off, but "where you, > personally, will stop". How non-critical to you, personally, does a > standard-since-time-immemorial system component have to be before some > legal Leprechaun waving what he claims is an invisible magic Shellaleigh > (but is really his fist) can not get you to dike it out as a paniced > reflexive reacion?!? I can only repeat my earlier statement: Experience has shown us that the benefit-to-risk ratio of /usr/src/games is low. Period. I don't personally care about the degree of emotional attachment you or anyone else here has to them because I do not regard this as an issue to be debated on emotional grounds - save that for the anti-abortion debates because this is just a collection of bits who's "standardness" is entirely secondary to their function and can always be loaded as a port by the aging hackers who, with the aid of a growing collection of "Speed Racer" cars and Mighty Mouse T-shirts, seek to recapture their lost youth through such nostalgia. I'm not denying you that, Terry, calm yourself. :) Jordan