svn commit: r195200 - in head/usr.sbin: . wake

[Kostik Belousov]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:25:56PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote:
> 
> Am 30.06.2009 um 23:09 schrieb Sam Leffler:
> 
> >Marc Balmer wrote:
> >>
> >>Am 30.06.2009 um 21:07 schrieb Sam Leffler:
> >>
> >>>Martin Blapp wrote:
> >>>>Author: mbr
> >>>>Date: Tue Jun 30 18:51:22 2009
> >>>>New Revision: 195200
> >>>>URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/195200
> >>>>
> >>>>Log:
> >>>>Add wake, a tool to send Wake on LAN frames to hosts on a local  
> >>>>Ethernet network
> >>>>  Submitted by:   Marc Balmer <marc at msys.ch>
> >>>>Reviewed by:    rwatson
> >>>>Approved by:    re
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>what's wrong with ports/net/wol?
> >>>
> >>
> >>wake(8) is smaller and it is actually something needed in base.  in  
> >>modern, ecological "green computing" environments we put the client  
> >>machines, like our POS terminals to sleep at night.  In the  
> >>morning,  a cronjob from the central server wakes up all machines  
> >>using this command.  more and more systems support it, so havin a  
> >>wake command in base is just about right.
> >>
> >>
> >The typical way things happen in freebsd is we promote tools from  
> >ports when they are deemed needed in the base system.  In fact it's  
> >probably more important to have the tool in base remain compatible  
> >with what users have had in their tree (via ports).
> >
> >I have yet to hear a compelling argument for why wake was chosen  
> >over an existing tool that's been successfully used for a while.   
> >OTOH this isn't something that'll keep me up at night; it just seems  
> >like an ill-advised rush job that completely violates the intent of  
> >the 8.0 code freeze..
> 
> a compelling argument could be that wake(8) is BSD licensed while wol  
> found in ports/net/wol is GPL licensed and brings in a whole lot of a  
> whole lot of a whole lot of a whole lot of a stuff with it, when  
> actually, to send out Wake on LAN package, a small BSD licensed  
> command like wake(8) is sufficient.  it is much smaller an cleaner code.

Then, add the wake program to ports.
My opinion is that this better be kept in ports.
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