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Date:      Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:45:29 -0400
From:      Christopher Masto <chris@masto.com>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@imgsrc.co.jp>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/perl5 MAINTAIN README.posix-bc Todo-5.005 XSlock.h bytecode.h byterun.c byterun.h ebcdic.c interp.sym myconfig objpp.h perl_exp.SH thread.sym src/contrib/perl5/eg/cgi dna.small.gif.uu wilogo.gif.uu src/contrib/perl5/ext/B byteperl.c ...
Message-ID:  <20020430124529.GB40079@netmonger.net>
In-Reply-To: <200204300912.g3U9CXoI019113@grimreaper.grondar.org>
References:  <7m8z75imh4.wl@black.imgsrc.co.jp> <200204300912.g3U9CXoI019113@grimreaper.grondar.org>

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On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 10:12:33AM +0100, Mark Murray wrote:
> > At Sat, 16 Mar 2002 14:35:55 -0800 (PST),
> > Mark Murray wrote:
> > >     contrib/perl5/lib    CGI.pm 
> > >     contrib/perl5/lib/CGI Apache.pm Carp.pm Cookie.pm Fast.pm 
> > >                           Pretty.pm Push.pm Switch.pm 
> > >     contrib/perl5/lib/Sys Hostname.pm Syslog.pm 
> > 
> > Why these files are removed?
> 
> Because CGI has nothing to do with 'base' FreeBSD (any more than
> Apache does), and the other files are not in Perl-5.6.1.

The modules that _are_ included with Perl, however, were chosen for a
reason.  The argument that X "has nothing to do with FreeBSD" is an
awfully slippery slope.  Perl is supposed to be useful for certain
things "out of the box", much as FreeBSD is (currently) a complete
operating system.

I beg you to reconsider distributing a less-than-complete Perl.
-- 
"Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say, What
should be the reward of such sacrifices? ... If ye love wealth better
than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest
of freedom -- go from us in peace.  Crouch down and lick the hands which
feed you.  May your chains sit lightly upon you." -- Samuel Adams, 1776

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