Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 12:44:09 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> To: hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: httpd as part of the system. Message-ID: <19824.796077849@freefall.cdrom.com>
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I would like to propose that we add the following two components to our system in an effort to both: A) Improve the infrastructure that our docs team can rely on. B) Make FreeBSD a better "out of box" Internet solution. 1. httpd. I don't really know which variant is best, though John Fieber (our Docmaster) has a preference which I'm perfectly happy to follow (I think it's the CERN httpd). 2. lynx. This would give users the ability to browse any HTML doc we supply. Mosaic will become an optional package for the X users. I *know* that these are both ports, I'm simply proposing that we raise the status of both to "standard component" status. I also know that the bloatists will scream, but all I can offer in way of defense is to say that this is a pretty inevitable part of the software vs advancing customer expectations part of the field and you all might as well get used to it. We're hardly the only folks adding features daily, and if anything we've been pretty restrained in comparison to Microsoft, IBM and Novell! Other than screams of "bloat! bloat!", any comments? Jordan
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