Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:43:22 +0300 From: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org>, Martin Blapp <mbr@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r195200 - in head/usr.sbin: . wake Message-ID: <20090630214322.GD2884@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> In-Reply-To: <C82689DB-5B5A-42C9-B486-A7259E9557AD@msys.ch> References: <200906301851.n5UIpNJQ089171@svn.freebsd.org> <4A4A626A.4080801@freebsd.org> <5A796102-063B-4032-92C9-EC97AF2E5D5B@msys.ch> <4A4A7F0B.1010001@freebsd.org> <70EA13C9-997D-488D-83D6-06D603B76D11@msys.ch> <20090630212936.GC2884@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <C82689DB-5B5A-42C9-B486-A7259E9557AD@msys.ch>
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--wpxcqqTuihheY91T Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:34:36PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote: >=20 > Am 30.06.2009 um 23:29 schrieb Kostik Belousov: > >Then, add the wake program to ports. > >My opinion is that this better be kept in ports. >=20 > I find it a rather basic operation to be able to wake up remote =20 > systems from a central place, so I think base is the right place for =20 > this. Wak-on-LAN as become part of our everydays IT infrastructure, =20 > as much as we support it in BIOSes and ifconfig's, we should also =20 > support waking up systems. There are infinite amount of things that are essential for some operations. Just looking around, I found dhcp server, http servers, scripting languages, X, vpns and so on. Hopefully, our base system will not grow to include that too. I actively oppose to the bloat of the base system, and I consider the tool to be unappropriate for it. Use ports. Please. --wpxcqqTuihheY91T Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkpKhvoACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4iQZgCaAlFX4XIVceayMiY7B6cWKny7 pcAAnRdR94pe76Qa6QgZ2xXC1MrpBn5o =ZtSc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wpxcqqTuihheY91T--
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