Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 01:21:20 +0300 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Matthew Jacob <mj@feral.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSoC: BSD text tools Message-ID: <AANLkTik6VBPCSiL4QlHpa5Tbt8PxlYnx2US5FkRGIHkl@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BFC00E7.1060307@feral.com> References: <AANLkTik90k1HlsDJsIgRhCnAcU8_ympR15ZJcoL07A5m@mail.gmail.com> <201005251450.o4PEo9tF099503@fire.js.berklix.net> <AANLkTikz2m7LS0DC4i7tKFSHQIyZuCKSxiHWlyTHClhs@mail.gmail.com> <4BFC004F.1090101@elischer.org> <4BFC00E7.1060307@feral.com>
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On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Matthew Jacob <mj@feral.com> wrote: > 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 =C2=A0been ab;e to produce it's documentation as part of = its >> build >> >> Please keep this true. > This is what mdocml will be for. I never advocated removing the utilities required for building documentation from the base - just the soon to be superfluous groff utility (once the GSOC project is done). --=20 Eitan Adler
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