Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:55:26 +0100 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: James Howard <howardjp@well.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: src/games bikeshed time. Message-ID: <200210100655.g9A6tQhb010902@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: <C779989E-DBF4-11D6-8BA8-003065BAAC62@well.com> ; from James Howard <howardjp@well.com> "Wed, 09 Oct 2002 22:05:41 EDT." References: <C779989E-DBF4-11D6-8BA8-003065BAAC62@well.com>
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> Also, if this happened, should fortune be treated differently and > moved into src/usr.bin? Or should it become a port? Neither. For the time being, the utilityish things in games stay where they are. This is things like morse(6), pom(6), etc, and it includes everyone's favourite - fortune(6). M > Jamie > > On Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 09:58 PM, James Howard wrote: > > > So if someone were willing to take over the lot and manage them as > > Ports, > > how would anyone feel about this? > > > > FreeGrep uses the FreeBSD build style and is easily a Port. I could > > Port-ify the entire directory in, say, two days. Anyone interested? > > > > Jamie > > > > On Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 09:41 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 04:27:15PM -0700, Eric Melville wrote: > >>>> The current flare-up over src/games/wargames reminds me that we are > >>>> carrying a bunch of Really Old Stuff in usr/games/. > >>>> > >>>> Yes folks, its that time of the year. > >>>> > >>>> I ask myself, "why are we wasting ``make world'' time and install > >>>> bandwidth on 1970's-era games?". > >>>> > >>>> Some folks will answer "tradition". This argument holds little > >>>> water. Programs come and go, and there is no firm reference or > >>>> agreement > >>>> as to what is "really traditional". This agument can be used to > >>>> import > >>>> emacs on the grounds that it is documented in the O'Reilly BSD 4.4 > >>>> books. > >>> > >>> I'm all for moving them to the projects directory in cvs, that seemed > >>> like > >>> a good solution for sccs. > >> > >> Well, that's only useful if it's actually a project, i.e. if people > >> plan to develop them. Since that hasn't happened for most of the > >> games in /usr/games over the lifetime of FreeBSD it's not likely this > >> is about to change. > >> > >> Kris > >> > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- o Mark Murray \_ O.\_ Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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