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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>
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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

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