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Date:      Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:06:44 +0200
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: rtools were deemed almost unused 15 years ago...
Message-ID:  <20170620110644.lkdw2s7jnfckapnl@roberto-aw.eurocontrol.fr>
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According to Jeremie Le Hen on Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 12:25:46PM +0200:
> Therefore, I hereby propose to remove rtools from the base system.  I
> acknowledge this will likely cause troubles for a handful of people
> who are still relying on it for good or bad reasons. But the flipside
> is that the attack surface of millions of FreeBSD installed out there
> will be reduced.
> 
> The proposed roadmap is:
> - disable from the build on head and let it soak for one month
> - remove rtools from the base.
> 
> What do you guys think?  Any preferred color for the bikeshed? :)

Go for it.

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Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.net
In memoriam to Ondine, our 2nd child: http://ondine.keltia.net/




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