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

[Kostik Belousov]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:34:36PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote:
> 
> Am 30.06.2009 um 23:29 schrieb Kostik Belousov:
> >Then, add the wake program to ports.
> >My opinion is that this better be kept in ports.
> 
> I find it a rather basic operation to be able to wake up remote  
> systems from a central place, so I think base is the right place for  
> this.  Wak-on-LAN as become part of our everydays IT infrastructure,  
> as much as we support it in BIOSes and ifconfig's, we should also  
> support waking up systems.

There are infinite amount of things that are essential for some
operations. Just looking around, I found dhcp server, http servers,
scripting languages, X, vpns and so on. Hopefully, our base system will
not grow to include that too.

I actively oppose to the bloat of the base system, and I consider the
tool to be unappropriate for it. Use ports. Please.
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