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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