Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 20:22:59 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposal 5: utils -> misc Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951122202100.14109A-100000@cappuccino.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199511222228.OAA19821@forgery.CS.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Wed, 22 Nov 1995, Satoshi Asami wrote: > * I don't see any reason not to let you do what you want, but this change > * seems to be a little more gratuitous than all the rest. I mean, like you > * say, everything is Unix is a utility, so I don't see where "misc" gives > * any more or less info to users than "utils". > > One, it will let porters think once more before adding stuff to it. > It wasn't a long time before it filled up and "sysutils" and > "emulators" were spawned off, and it's starting to grow again! > > Two, it will provide a "catch-all" for things that truly don't belong > elsewhere, like "astrolog". OK. Semantics, I'd make a horrible salesman (such meanings don't make that much difference to me), but I understand. > > Satoshi > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: <URL:http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/>;
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