Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:56:21 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Christopher Masto <chris@masto.com> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/perl5 MAINTAIN README.posix-bc Todo-5.005 XSlock.h bytecode.h byterun.c byterun.h ebcdic.c interp.sym myconfig objpp.h perl_exp.SH thread.sym src/contrib/perl5/eg/cgi dna.small.gif.uu wilogo.gif.uu src/contrib/perl5/ext/B byteperl.c ... Message-ID: <20020430125621.GB38322@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20020430124529.GB40079@netmonger.net> References: <7m8z75imh4.wl@black.imgsrc.co.jp> <200204300912.g3U9CXoI019113@grimreaper.grondar.org> <20020430124529.GB40079@netmonger.net>
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On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 08:45:29AM -0400, Christopher Masto wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 10:12:33AM +0100, Mark Murray wrote: > > > At Sat, 16 Mar 2002 14:35:55 -0800 (PST), > > > Mark Murray wrote: > > > > contrib/perl5/lib CGI.pm > > > > contrib/perl5/lib/CGI Apache.pm Carp.pm Cookie.pm Fast.pm > > > > Pretty.pm Push.pm Switch.pm > > > > contrib/perl5/lib/Sys Hostname.pm Syslog.pm > > > > > > Why these files are removed? > > > > Because CGI has nothing to do with 'base' FreeBSD (any more than > > Apache does), and the other files are not in Perl-5.6.1. > > The modules that _are_ included with Perl, however, were chosen for a > reason. The argument that X "has nothing to do with FreeBSD" is an > awfully slippery slope. Perl is supposed to be useful for certain > things "out of the box", much as FreeBSD is (currently) a complete > operating system. > > I beg you to reconsider distributing a less-than-complete Perl. I agree. They're part of the standard library and are utterly expected to be there. Ceri -- get the cool shoe shine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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