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Date:      Sun, 3 Aug 1997 21:36:15 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        daveh@tamis.com (David Holloway)
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Make this a relese coordinator decision (was Re: ports-current/packages-current discontinued)
Message-ID:  <199708031206.VAA13930@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970803041611.16172A-100000@sage> from David Holloway at "Aug 3, 97 04:28:06 am"

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David Holloway stands accused of saying:
> 
> (No we dont have to follow linux junkies and make perl5 default.
> while doing some porting, I discovered that linux(redhat)
> has ppmtoxpm and bmptoppm in /usr/bin ?? what is up with that?
> my point? tcl and perl5 dont belong in the base.)
> 

This is a clear case of confusing perl/tcl-as-system-component with
perl/tcl-as-user-convenience.

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