drop default MTA for Fedora 15
Ralf Corsepius
rc040203 at freenet.de
Wed Aug 25 13:11:41 UTC 2010
On 08/25/2010 03:05 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Ralf Corsepius<rc040203 at freenet.de> writes:
>
>> On 08/25/2010 09:08 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
>>> Chris Adams wrote:
>>>> How many users use "at" or "bc" (well, I use "dc" all the time)?
>>>
>>> Well, at least "at" is a nice command and some people use it, but…
>>>
>>>> What about "ed"?
>>>
>>> … it's time we drop such legacy junk!
>>
>> What you offend as "legacy junk" is mandated by POSIX:
>
> POSIX mandates a lot of legacy junk.
No disagreement, ed has outlived itself, but "standards" are around for
reasons ... e.g. to have a reliable foundation for other stuff.
Besides this, I can't find arguing against a 50k application in the
light of the 100's of MB of "hardly functional, but modern kiddy junk"
Fedora is loaded with, to be laughable.
Ralf
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