Re: [HACKERS] GNU readline and BSD license

[The Hermit Hacker]

On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> The Hermit Hacker writes:
>
> > Actually, IMHO, the pro to moving to libedit is that we could include it
> > as part of the distribution and make history a *standard* feature
>
> History already is a standard feature, you just need to have readline
> installed.

So, history is optional depending on whether or not readline is installed
... if it was standard, it would be enabled regardless of any other
dependencies ...