Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 16:21:52 -0500 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> Cc: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/ports/ too big? Message-ID: <20000212162152.E92177@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <00021214243300.02300@localhost.localdomain>; from rkw@dataplex.net on Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 01:58:14PM -0600 References: <20000209215806.M99353@abc.123.org> <00021212385600.02144@localhost.localdomain> <20000212111504.N5570@dragon.nuxi.com> <00021214243300.02300@localhost.localdomain>
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On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 01:58:14PM -0600, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, David O'Brien wrote: > > **** TAKE THIS TO PORTS@FREEBSD.ORG ***** > Agreed. This is where the depth of the discussion should take place. > > > This is NOT a -current issue!! > I beg to differ. Any significant change to the status-quo is a -current issue. > > To adopt ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE without widespread public notice is just > inviting grumblings of "backroom politics". Just see what happens if the City > Council votes to close Main Street and explains " this was discussed at a Public > Hearing before the Public Works Commission" > > And some of us, myself included, are advocating making FreeBSD into a small set > of ports! > > I guess that doesn't affect very many people :-) You are very wrong. We are not "adopting significant change", we are discussing possibilities. Discussions related to ports/packages belong on freebsd-ports. Please read the mail charters. -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect Computer Horizons Corp - CVM e-mail: billf@chc-chimes.com / billf@FreeBSD.org Office: 800-252-2421 x128 / Cell: 248-761-7272 PS. The reason that "Public Works Commissions" of the world exist is because City Councils trust their departments to make informed reccomendations. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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