From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 27 23:00:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA04923 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 27 Oct 1996 23:00:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from magigimmix.xs4all.nl (magigimmix.xs4all.nl [194.109.6.25]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA04913 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 1996 23:00:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from asterix.xs4all.nl (asterix.xs4all.nl [194.109.6.11]) by magigimmix.xs4all.nl (8.7.5/XS4ALL) with ESMTP id IAA13248 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 1996 08:00:13 +0100 (MET) Received: from plm.xs4all.nl (uucp@localhost) by asterix.xs4all.nl (8.7.5/8.7.2) with UUCP id HAA01218 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 28 Oct 1996 07:52:20 +0100 (MET) Received: (from plm@localhost) by plm.xs4all.nl (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA00294; Sat, 26 Oct 1996 08:56:59 +0200 To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ex/vi version 1.79 now available for anonymous ftp. References: <874tjj38bo.fsf@totally-fudged-out-message-id> From: Peter Mutsaers Date: 26 Oct 1996 07:56:58 +0100 In-Reply-To: Andrew Stesin's message of Thu, 24 Oct 1996 12:19:43 +0300 (EET DST) Message-ID: <877moe2oxx.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl> Lines: 26 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.2.39/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> On Thu, 24 Oct 1996 12:19:43 +0300 (EET DST), Andrew Stesin >> said: AS> Hi, AS> On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, J Wunsch wrote: >> Our /usr/bin/vi is already a little rusty. I would really like it if >> somebody takes the stab and upgrades it. AS> Two direct consequences: AS> 1. Perl 5.003_smth goes from ports to main tree -- AS> packed as a big shared library, + a 8k /usr/bin/perl; AS> and /usr/bin/vi and all other programs using Perl5's AS> embedded features will use that shared lib. AS> 2. Old and rusty perl4 goes to Attic. Afaik one can compile and use nvi perfectly without perl (or tcl). One could put the new nvi in the base without dependency on perl or tcl (and also remove those from the base :) and also put it in nvi where it will use perl & tcl. -- Peter Mutsaers | Abcoude (Utrecht), | Trust is a good quality plm@xs4all.nl | the Netherlands | for other people to have