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Date:      Tue, 25 May 2010 18:33:17 +0300
From:      Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
To:        "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>
Cc:        Ben Fiedler <bfiedler@asu.edu>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GSoC: BSD text tools
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> No. Do not remove groff or associated tools from /usr/src !
> Roff has been in Unix /usr/src since '77 or earlier.
> A lot of people use tools from that descendancy as production tools.

So? If it isn't a very commonly used tool and isn't necessary for 99%
of cases I don't seem the harm of removing it from base and making it
a port?

>
> However if you just mean
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"I'll be working on getting man to call XYZ ra=
ther than groff"
> then I have no comment.

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Eitan Adler



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