> Jarkko Hietaniemi: > # > I would imagine that we'd also want CPAN.pm (or CPANPLUS.pm), at > # > least. > # > # Which means at the very least Socket and MakeMaker. > > I can understand MakeMaker, but why Socket? We can use external > programs to do the heavy work. Even Windows 95 has a command-line FTP > program.
MakeMaker is a heavyweight, and is only needed by those intending to build modules. For "base" FreeBSD, this is overkill. M -- o Mark Murray \_ O.\_ Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn
