From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 25 16:52:31 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 0FBB6106564A for ; Tue, 25 May 2010 16:52:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from out-0.mx.aerioconnect.net (outj.internet-mail-service.net [216.240.47.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2F2D8FC0A for ; Tue, 25 May 2010 16:52:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from idiom.com (postfix@mx0.idiom.com [216.240.32.160]) by out-0.mx.aerioconnect.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o4PGqLEC007480; Tue, 25 May 2010 09:52:21 -0700 X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e Received: from julian-mac.elischer.org (h-67-100-89-137.snfccasy.static.covad.net [67.100.89.137]) by idiom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 368D42D6018; Tue, 25 May 2010 09:52:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4BFC004F.1090101@elischer.org> Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 09:52:31 -0700 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eitan Adler References: <201005251450.o4PEo9tF099503@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 216.240.47.51 Cc: Ben Fiedler , "Julian H. Stacey" , 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 16:52:31 -0000 On 5/25/10 8:33 AM, Eitan Adler wrote: >> 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? BSD has always been ab;e to produce it's documentation as part of its build Please keep this true. > >> >> However if you just mean >> "I'll be working on getting man to call XYZ rather than groff" >> then I have no comment. > > -- > Eitan Adler > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"