On 4/10/06, Alexey Eremenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Banner fills an apparent hole in GNU/Linux - that is, that is does not provide
> a "banner" program itself,

It's available on the GNU/Linux distribution I happen to use on this machine:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ which banner
/usr/games/banner
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S /usr/games/banner
bsdmainutils: /usr/games/banner

I'd rather that it didn't get moved into coreutils.  The software in
coreutils is (largely) vital for the operation of the system.   There
are exceptions (vdir, shred, stat, ptx, tac. factor and pinky are
unlikely to compromise operation of the system if they aren't
installed) but in the main coreutils is a collection of core
utilities.  The banner program just isn't vital.  I'd rather not bloat
an already quite large project with something fun but inessential like
"banner".

(Having said this, of course it's not my decision)

James.


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