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Date:      Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:43:22 +0300
From:      Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
To:        Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org>, Martin Blapp <mbr@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r195200 - in head/usr.sbin: . wake
Message-ID:  <20090630214322.GD2884@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
In-Reply-To: <C82689DB-5B5A-42C9-B486-A7259E9557AD@msys.ch>
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:34:36PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote:
>=20
> Am 30.06.2009 um 23:29 schrieb Kostik Belousov:
> >Then, add the wake program to ports.
> >My opinion is that this better be kept in ports.
>=20
> I find it a rather basic operation to be able to wake up remote =20
> systems from a central place, so I think base is the right place for =20
> this.  Wak-on-LAN as become part of our everydays IT infrastructure, =20
> as much as we support it in BIOSes and ifconfig's, we should also =20
> support waking up systems.

There are infinite amount of things that are essential for some
operations. Just looking around, I found dhcp server, http servers,
scripting languages, X, vpns and so on. Hopefully, our base system will
not grow to include that too.

I actively oppose to the bloat of the base system, and I consider the
tool to be unappropriate for it. Use ports. Please.

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