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Date:      Tue, 05 Dec 2017 06:34:20 -0800
From:      Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com>
To:        rgrimes@freebsd.org
Cc:        cem@freebsd.org, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r326554 - in head: . usr.bin/sponge  usr.bin/sponge/tests usr.bin/tee
Message-ID:  <201712051434.vB5EYK30034427@slippy.cwsent.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> of "Tue, 05 Dec 2017 04:58:45 -0800." <201712051258.vB5CwjQN051356@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>

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In message <201712051258.vB5CwjQN051356@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>, "Rodney W. 
Gri
mes" writes:
> [ Charset UTF-8 unsupported, converting... ]
> > On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 7:55 PM, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > > Author: eadler
> > > Date: Tue Dec  5 03:55:10 2017
> > > New Revision: 326554
> > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/326554
> > >
> > > Log:
> > >   sponge(1): initial commit
> > >
> > >   sponge(1) is a utility that reads input until
> > >   complete, then opens the output file, then
> > >   writes to it. This makes it useful in pipelines
> > >   that read and write to the same file.
> > >
> > >   Reviewed by:  wblock, jilles, imp, cem, danfe (all: various iterations)
> > 
> > I don't recall reviewing this in any iteration, but I could be mistaken.
>
> I do not see any of these names with checks in the reviewed by box,
> providing feedback in a review != reviewed by unless they have
> accepted it.
>
> Further more, why does freebsd need this in base?

When I saw this commit in the inbox on my phone I asked the same question. 
Why is this in base? Especially with tools which are in the same class as 
this already in ports, should this not be a port?


-- 
Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
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	The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.





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