GSoC: BSD text tools

[Julian Elischer]

On 5/25/10 8:33 AM, Eitan Adler wrote:
>> No. Do not remove groff or associated tools from /usr/src !
>> Roff has been in Unix /usr/src since '77 or earlier.
>> A lot of people use tools from that descendancy as production tools.
>
> So? If it isn't a very commonly used tool and isn't necessary for 99%
> of cases I don't seem the harm of removing it from base and making it
> a port?

BSD has always  been ab;e to produce it's documentation as part of its 
build

Please keep this true.

>
>>
>> However if you just mean
>>         "I'll be working on getting man to call XYZ rather than groff"
>> then I have no comment.
>
> --
> Eitan Adler
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