Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:45:36 +0200 From: Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch> To: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> 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: <C4D5F66B-4EDA-439A-9045-9BD654ABDF20@msys.ch> In-Reply-To: <20090630214322.GD2884@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> 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> <20090630214322.GD2884@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
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Am 30.06.2009 um 23:43 schrieb Kostik Belousov: > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:34:36PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote: >> >> 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. >> >> I find it a rather basic operation to be able to wake up remote >> systems from a central place, so I think base is the right place for >> this. Wak-on-LAN as become part of our everydays IT infrastructure, >> as much as we support it in BIOSes and ifconfig's, we should also >> 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. I really don't consider a ~4K command bloat. For this kind of commands/stuff, base is the right place.
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