On Jul 30, 2013, at 10:07 , Mark Felder wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013, at 8:42, sth...@nethelp.no wrote:
>>
>> and every contrib part which is removed, detracts from this.
>
> And every contrib part that is added to base is another piece of
> software that rots for the life of a major release and ends up getting
> replaced by frustrated endusers with the latest in ports…
I do generally agree with this point, but it's not "every contrib part".
Many contrib additions can be useful to a majority, and not rotting
software. Some will use more recent replacements from ports, others
won't, but it's not always bad.
> The tight integration of the base system that everyone appreciates and
> respects is far below high-level software like BIND.
I agree with this point too, however I, like others have voiced, feel
strongly that diagnostic [client] tools like host and/or dig are not at
all "high-level software" and _need_ to be present in a base
system. Whosever they are.
- Chris
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