On Monday 09 February 2009 11:15:25 Emilio Perea wrote: > On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 09:05:13PM +1300, Richard Toohey wrote: > > On 9/02/2009, at 6:31 PM, Thomas Pfaff wrote: > >> I think this could use some explaining for those of us that are not > >> intimately involved in development or have been around here for that > >> long. Keeping it small and simple by saying no to adding one file > >> at 7.2K? I'd really like to know the rationale on this one. > >> > >> Thanks. > > > > My guess would be that I want this 10K util, you want that 7.2K util, > > Fred wants that 20K util, and every Tom, Dick, and Harry wants > > their n K ... who gets to make the rules, who gets to administer it, > > etc.? > > (Who gets to listen to everyone arguing why this or that should go in?) > > > > And guess there may be ramifications for install media? > > If there is no room in base, it would be nice to have it in ports. Or > is there something else in ports already that does the same thing? I've > found wake extremely useful for turning on remote desktop computers from > the Soekris firewall rather than leaving them on all the time.
/usr/ports/net/wol has existed for some time now. I like the idea of a builtin wake more though. You can always keep a copy of it and build it yourself. Thats what I've done. --STeve Andre'
