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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:38:52 -0800
From: Avleen Vig <lists-freebsd@silverwraith.com>
To: Kang Liu <liukang@bjpu.edu.cn>
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Subject: Re: OpenBSD's netcat in base or ports?
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On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 09:24:57PM +0800, Kang Liu wrote:
> Delphij,
> 	I think the base should be as *clean* as possible, it might be
> better if we put nc into ports. :P

I agree. base should be minimal, everythign optional (eg 'perl' :P)
should be in ports. There people can choose the versions (eg 5.6 or
5.8), where to install them, etc etc.