Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 18:34:07 -0400 From: Munish Chopra <mchopra@engmail.uwaterloo.ca> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Base software [was: The future of perl on FreeBSD] Message-ID: <20020508183407.K292@dhcppc1.mtwh.phub.net.cable.rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <20020508221524.GA60844@chocobo.cx>; from chip@chocobo.cx on Wed, May 08, 2002 at 06:15:24PM -0400 References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020507202743.83455K-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20020508075543.A5E5838CC@overcee.wemm.org> <20020508185516.GB53102@beaujolais.extremis.net> <20020508194258.GA27220@leviathan.inethouston.net> <20020508210030.GA53266@chocobo.cx> <20020508145249.C72921@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020508221524.GA60844@chocobo.cx>
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On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 06:15:24PM -0400, Chip Marshall wrote:
>
> From my brief Linux experience, it seems some distros put a lot of
> junk in that most people don't need.
>
Yeah. The only one's that I know of that keep things somewhat in check
are Slackware and Debian.
> NetBSD on the other hand, put nearly nothing in the base system.
>
> What should FreeBSD really be doing? I see perl as being a nice thing
> to have, but not everyone needs it, and it is a pain to maintain
> (apparently), and it is big. Should other big pieces of software that
> are currently in the base system be removed and put into an optional
> package arrangement?
>
I'm a big fan of 'kick it out'. If you need it, install the package.
Concerning the MTA stuff you asked about earlier, I've been told several
times (though I wonder whether anyone has actively pursued this plan)
that someone was working on making the MTA selectable at install time.
So, you should (the time frame was set for 5.0-RELEASE I believe) soon
be able to select between sendmail, postfix, and qmail (if not others)
at install time. I personally like this option and hope someone is going
ahead with it.
--
Munish Chopra The FreeBSD NVIDIA Driver Initiative
http://nvidia.netexplorer.org
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