Removed ports - looking from the bench

[Chris Rees]

On 11 September 2011 15:35, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Sep 2011, Greg Byshenk wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 01:05:49PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
>>>
>>> Why?
>>
>> Because, in the cases here under discussion, there is somethin "wrong"
>> (for some value of 'wrong') with the software in question.  I can't
>> speak for Matthias or Chris, but I think the point here is that (at
>> least some) people don't want to make foot-shooting easier.
>
> Slippery slope: consider PHP, or Apache, or any MTA.  Or newfs.

No. PHP, Apache and the MTAs are maintained. Newfs is not buggy.

Straw men are the tool of someone who has no more valid points to
make, remember that.

Chris