Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 21:06:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au>, Chris Piazza <cpiazza@home.net>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports LEGAL Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906302105130.93807-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <41279.930726458@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <Pine.OSF.4.10.9906301631130.8049-100000@bragg>, Kris Kennaway write > s: > > >I'd hate to see this set a precedent for committing things as ports which are > >much better as trivial shell aliases or 1-line scripts. Maybe instead we could > >create a page of 'useful aliases' or something to which people could make > >their contributions. > > Yeah, maybe a lower limit for ports: If it can be done in 80 char or > less from the command line it shouldn't be a port. I'd go a step further: If the FreeBSD port's Makefile is larger than the port's sources, we don't need it. > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member > phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." > FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic and jaunt, both FreeBSD-current. (301) 220-2114 | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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