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Date:      Thu, 01 Apr 1999 12:27:21 +0900
From:      "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To:        Rod Taylor <tr49986@rcc.on.ca>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Games
Message-ID:  <3702E799.FFBEC314@newsguy.com>
References:  <370308C1.9B908465@rcc.on.ca>

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Rod Taylor wrote:
> 
> Just out of curiosity, why are there games included in the FreeBSD
> source tree?
> 
> For a group of people that was so worried about including dhcp because
> it's extra code, don't you think it's time to make those games into
> ports only?
> 
> I say this under the assumption that they're not required for FreeBSD to
> function.  (Not like IE for windows ;)

Well, first of all, .profile, .cshrc and signature scripts are
broken in the absense of fortune.

Aside from that, because that's the BSD heritage. It was once
suggested taking them out if they could be made into ports. But,
then, the first issue came up. :-)

--
Daniel C. Sobral			(8-DCS)
dcs@newsguy.com
dcs@freebsd.org

	"Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely
ceremonial."




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