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Date:      Sun, 13 Jan 2002 22:42:58 +0200 (EET)
From:      Giorgos Verigakis <verigak@algol.vtrip-ltd.com>
To:        Zvezdan Petkovic <zvezdan@CS.WM.EDU>
Cc:        <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Portupgrade Utility
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.30.0201132228590.16778-100000@algol.vtrip-ltd.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020112223425.A901@dali.cs.wm.edu>

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On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Zvezdan Petkovic wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 09:28:00PM +0100, Massimiliano Stucchi wrote:
> > Anyway, if not portupgrade, why not include cvsup in the base system, as I
> > think we're talking about a really necessary utility ?
> >
>
> Allow me to disagree. CVS is absolutely necessary. CVSup is not. It's
> merely a convenience. One can do source and port updates using cvs only.

So you say that an OS should not provide conveniences to it's users?
If you look at /usr/bin there are a lot of tools that are merely a
convenience. How many times have you used apply, biff, col, grog or jot?
(I just picked 5)



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