> > BSD tools have been upgraded and kept modern as well- and > > considering, especially in NetBSD, their proven robustness > > and portability, it seems almost backwards to be replacing > > the BSD toolset with the GNU toolset.
If this is true, and those tools provide pretty-much the same functionality, I think certain things should be left BSD, so more important things can be done, then later on if they still want the GNU version, port it then. (disclaimer: not a coder, just someone who wants to see this happen) Beer Mail, brought to you by your friends at beer.com.
