On Tue, Aug 30, 2011, frantisek holop wrote: > > it's not like there are no reasonable alternatives. nginx for example > has a nice security record and a 2 clause bsd license. but as it's in > the ports i personally dont care if it's in base or ports. sendmail and > apache are really the only things in openbsd base that baffle me > everytime i cross paths with them. they represent everything the > openbsd philosophy refuses.
They represent the backwards compatible and don't go chasing the newest thing because it's new parts of the philosophy. That doesn't mean the same choices to include them would be made today, but the decision isn't being made today either.
