From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 7 14:22:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA70437B401 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 14:22:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta01-srv.alltel.net (mta01.alltel.net [166.102.165.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD2EE43F3F for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 14:22:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gehicks@alltel.net) Received: from alltel.net ([69.40.18.5]) by mta01-srv.alltel.net with ESMTP id <20030707212238.ZSJR26683.mta01-srv.alltel.net@alltel.net>; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 16:22:38 -0500 Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 17:22:41 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: chgu@carebears.mine.nu From: Jerry Hicks In-Reply-To: <51070.134.47.109.185.1057592615.squirrel@carebears.mine.nu> Message-Id: <24367906-B0C1-11D7-8EDA-0030657B5F1E@alltel.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: RMS says: "Use BSD, for goodness sake!"] X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 21:22:40 -0000 [snips ] On Monday, July 7, 2003, at 11:43 AM, chgu@carebears.mine.nu wrote: > > Why dont strip FreeBSD down as much as possible and try to make ports > of > the software. Like sendmail. Why is sendmail in /usr/src ? i guess it > would be better to have in in ports. the same with cvs. > > I guess there is much software in /usr/src that dont "need" to be > there. > My opinion is to keep FreeBSD`s /usr/src small. > I generally agree that a smaller system would be good. It really boils down to an effort/risk/payback relationship. There are things that will break if a lot of gratuitous change is made to the organization of the base system. With those relationships in mind it is hard to see the benefits of shaking up the base system just to put it on a diet unless there is a compelling reason. It seems to me that a working PicoBSD would go a long way toward satisfying the overwhelmingly small population of people interested in SkinnyBSD. > > (god damn, my mailclient dont really under stand the "replay"-word. > sorry, > Jerry Hicks.) That's ok :-) Cheers, Jerry Hicks gehicks@bellsouth.net