Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 18:14:42 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc newsyslog.conf Message-ID: <20020914011442.GA47263@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <3D827BC9.DA395958@bellatlantic.net> References: <200209121728.g8CHS7An013425@freefall.freebsd.org> <3D80D22F.B7BDF10E@FreeBSD.org> <20020912234740.GB99846@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020913105554.A26167@dilbert.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <3D827BC9.DA395958@bellatlantic.net>
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On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 07:59:05PM -0400, Sergey Babkin wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 04:47:40PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > > > > This is a default that can be changed by the embedded community. The > > > gain is smaller log files and the ability to remove a GPL'ed binary from > > > the system with out breaking things. (there are still uses of gzip, but > > > we are one step closer...) > > Why on Earth would you want to remove gzip from the base system ? Because someone might be doing some appliance where they don't wany any GPV software on the system. An underlying theme over the years is to replace GPV'ed software with BSDL code when a BSDL version was as capable. I am going to remove gzip, I am just making it so someone could if they needed(wanted) to. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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