Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:46:58 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, 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: <20020430134658.GA39702@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20020430133501.GB24712@genius.tao.org.uk> References: <7m8z75imh4.wl@black.imgsrc.co.jp> <200204300912.g3U9CXoI019113@grimreaper.grondar.org> <20020430124529.GB40079@netmonger.net> <20020430125621.GB38322@submonkey.net> <20020430133501.GB24712@genius.tao.org.uk>
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On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 02:35:01PM +0100, Josef Karthauser wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 01:56:21PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 08:45:29AM -0400, Christopher Masto wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > I agree. > > They're part of the standard library and are utterly expected to be there. > > Losing CGI.pm is bad. It doesn't automatically get installed when you > install apache, and it is assumed to be part of the perl distribution by > all script writers. That's because it *is* part of the perl distribution. I'm not sure that modifying it like this meets with section 3 of the Artistic license either: there is no clear notice "stating how and when" the files were modifed (removed in this case). Ceri -- get the cool shoe shine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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