From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 25 15:33:39 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373171065673 for ; Tue, 25 May 2010 15:33:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF24D8FC13 for ; Tue, 25 May 2010 15:33:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn5 with SMTP id 5so5402286iwn.13 for ; Tue, 25 May 2010 08:33:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.174.130 with SMTP id t2mr6801111ibz.50.1274801617296; Tue, 25 May 2010 08:33:37 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.148.136 with HTTP; Tue, 25 May 2010 08:33:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201005251450.o4PEo9tF099503@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201005251450.o4PEo9tF099503@fire.js.berklix.net> From: Eitan Adler Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 18:33:17 +0300 Message-ID: To: "Julian H. Stacey" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Ben Fiedler , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSoC: BSD text tools X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 15:33:39 -0000 > 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. -- Eitan Adler