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Date:      Fri, 24 Nov 2017 11:19:40 -0800
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>
To:        "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>,  "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: The future of fortune(6)
Message-ID:  <CAJ-Vmo=puH=3%2B5HbKop3%2BWzyG35idZa-CMFSMJmfNmRyG7zFCw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201711241647.vAOGlgxu071487@fire.js.berklix.net>
References:  <20171123152615.GA35498@rdtc.ru> <201711241647.vAOGlgxu071487@fire.js.berklix.net>

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hi,

Pardon me, but it's 2017 and the 4.3BSD system index isn't an immutable bible.

As a general push to packaging things in general, turning fortune into
a package seems like some low hanging fruit.



-adrian


On 24 November 2017 at 08:47, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote:
> fortune(6) is listed in ring bound 4.3BSD System Index.
> Butchering on personal whim without prior agreement seems abuse.
> BSD should be [temporarily] reverted & the commit bit suspended,
> pending commiters' peer review of an un-authorised deletion.
> Then decide what what to do with fortune.
>
> Cheers,
> Julian
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