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Date:      Wed, 2 Jul 1997 11:41:57 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org>
To:        "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
Cc:        hoek@hwcn.org, FreeBSD Chat List <chat@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Why Not Make tcsh the default shell?
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.970702113937.191A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
In-Reply-To: <33BA8989.233A@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>

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On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote:

> The problem here (IMO) is classification: how do you decide which ports
> are good or which are bad? Should we start rating them with *stars* like
> movies? Even if we recommend certain ports to new users, if they don't
> learn how to add packages they are losing the Big Picture (TM).

I was a little worried that creating a list of "suggested
packages for unfamiliar UNIX users" might conceviably offend
some, and rating them with stars seems going somewhat farther!


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tIM...HOEk




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