Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:42:45PM -0700, Carol Fields wrote:
>
>> Ceri Davies wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 02:37:11PM -0700, Don Cragun wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> A new package, SUNWgsed, will be introduced to deliver the
>>>> component. Given that GNU sed is a conflicting command,
>>>> /usr/bin/gsed will be provided because other operating systems,
>>>> such as FreeBSD, include gsed.
>>>>
>>> FreeBSD does not include a command called gsed.
>>>
>> A search on the web finds references to gsed installed with the 'g' prefix,
>> eg. at least one FreeBSD port, and eg. gsed version 4.1.5 for
>> Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
>>
>
> While I'm sure other operating systems do ship GNU sed, saying that
> FreeBSD (and now Mac OS X 10.5) include GNU sed just because a port
> exists is somewhat ignominious.
>
> For the record, neither FreeBSD nor Mac OS X come with GNU sed in the
> base distribution, and I'd prefer that they not be held up as examples
> of operating systems that "include gsed". That is all.
>
Ah, but the same logic is used to cite "inclusion" of other FOSS
packages. For example, unison does not ship in the default Ubuntu
distribution, but is part of "Universe" (which is fairly similar to the
FreeBSD ports collection.)
I wonder how much of what we are including in our "base" is stuff that
really belongs in a readily accessible network repository.
Unfortunately, we don't have any such creature -- at least not
officially endorsed (blastwave exists, but lacks any kind of official
endorsement.)
-- Garrett
