Subject: RE: CVS commit: src/libexec/httpd
To: Mindaugas R. <rmind@NetBSD.org>
From: De Zeurkous <zeurkous@nichten.info>
List: source-changes
Date: 10/16/2007 18:54:24
Haai,

On Tue, October 16, 2007 18:35, Mindaugas R. wrote:
>>[snip]
>> Log Message:
>> Import of bozohttpd for its originally intended purpose: a small (~30k)
>> simple run-from-inetd httpd suitable for small systems (and some large
>> ones).
>
> Why it was not discussed on <tech-userlevel> and/or other mailing lists?

Probably 'cause it's obvious?

> Why
> pkgsrc is not enough?

We include a load of d's in the base system, why not a httpd? It _is_ a
common network service...

>
> I do not think it is a good way to import such applications into the base
> source tree, at least while there is no appropriate support for syspkgs.
>

It's not a random 'such application' -- it was /designed/ for this
purpose, for NetBSD.

Baai,

De Zeurkous
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