The future of fortune(6)
Eugene Grosbein
eugen at grosbein.net
Mon Nov 27 12:10:12 UTC 2017
27.11.2017 12:46, Cy Schubert wrote:
> Of course FreeBSD isn't a Linux distro however RH has probably learned that
> contentious issues like this aren't worth the risk and exposure and the
> cost of supporting such software. FreeBSD is a volunteer effort.
> Unnecessary software still exacts a cost even in an environment like ours.
fortune/strfile are not "unnecessary software" in a sense of C code.
They present nearly zero cost being working part of the system.
Please leave it alone, we use it.
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