Eric Radman wrote:
> Is there any chance of a consensus on this idea: adding another set to
> NetBSD's base distribution called plus.tgz or util.tgz.
> 
> There are a number of packages that are already part of the other *BSD
> base distributions that I install from pkgsrc on every NetBSD box I set
> up or upgrade, including:
> 
> package ~size  already in              reason
> ------- -----  ----------------------  ---------------------------------
> sudo    113K   OpenBSD                 Better than everyone using su(1)
> userppp 248K   OpenBSD & FreeBSD       Awesome ppp/pppoe
> tcsh    331K   FreeBSD & DragonflyBSD  Useful alternative to csh(1)
> lynx    1.8M   OpenBSD                 Useful for finding more info
> perl    11M    OpenBSD                 Used for everything
> 
> Is this a good idea?
> 
> As far as I know these are all very well-tested and portable packages,
> that would cause minimal pain even on more obscure platforms.

Perl will definitely cause lots of pain on the VAX, for instance.
Some of the other of the above I always install, some of them I have 
never installed.

I think it's much superior to keep them in the pkg structure. Then I can 
add whatever I want, and at least we'll keep NetBSD to one CD. :-)

	Johnny