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Date:      Tue, 25 May 2010 09:55:03 -0700
From:      Matthew Jacob <mj@feral.com>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GSoC: BSD text tools
Message-ID:  <4BFC00E7.1060307@feral.com>
In-Reply-To: <4BFC004F.1090101@elischer.org>
References:  <AANLkTik90k1HlsDJsIgRhCnAcU8_ympR15ZJcoL07A5m@mail.gmail.com>	<201005251450.o4PEo9tF099503@fire.js.berklix.net>	<AANLkTikz2m7LS0DC4i7tKFSHQIyZuCKSxiHWlyTHClhs@mail.gmail.com> <4BFC004F.1090101@elischer.org>

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On 5/25/2010 9:52 AM, Julian Elischer wrote:
> 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.

Absolutely. There are tons of documents out there still in -ms or -mm 
format.




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