Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:35:01 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> To: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>, Christopher Masto <chris@masto.com>, 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: <20020430133501.GB24712@genius.tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20020430125621.GB38322@submonkey.net> References: <7m8z75imh4.wl@black.imgsrc.co.jp> <200204300912.g3U9CXoI019113@grimreaper.grondar.org> <20020430124529.GB40079@netmonger.net> <20020430125621.GB38322@submonkey.net>
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On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 01:56:21PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 08:45:29AM -0400, Christopher Masto wrote: > > > > 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. > Losing CGI.pm is bad. It doesn't automatically get installed when you install apache, and it is assumed to be part of the perl distribution by all script writers. Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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