From owner-freebsd-current Sat Aug 2 12:26:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA07852 for current-outgoing; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 12:26:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA07811; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 12:25:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.6/8.6.9) with ESMTP id MAA15696; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 12:23:22 -0700 (PDT) To: dmaddox@scsn.net cc: David Nugent , Michael Smith , Satoshi Asami , andreas@klemm.gtn.com, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports-current/packages-current discontinued In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 02 Aug 1997 15:11:35 EDT." <19970802151135.60481@scsn.net> Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 12:23:21 -0700 Message-ID: <15692.870549801@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Most of this argument is just silly. Even the most vehement anti- > bloatists don't consider perl to be "an evil, bloated monster"; they just > consider _it's inclusion in the base distribution_ to be AEBM. While you I don't see the difference from the POV of this discussion so this paragraph of yours doesn't really parse for me. > In any case, I see none of this bloatist v. antibloatist propaganda > as cogent here. Tcl should not be part of the base system because it It's imminently cogent - this is NOT just a technical issue, it's an emotional one, and if you think that all software decisions are made on purely technical merits then I have a certain tower in Paris which I could make you a _great_ deal on. ;-) Jordan