> JB> Could you please elaborate why not sftp for sets (and/or
> JB> for pkg_add)?
>
> I'll rephrase: can someone besides Theo elaborate? It was an obvious
> mistake to reply to his email (to be fair, I've addressed it to misc, not
> to him).
> In his "long email" Theo was talking about openssl. It's my understanding
> that openssh is going away from openssl, so I don't see a direct
> connection. I also see that psftp (from the putty) is about 300K, and I
> don't believe it has any important dependencies (kerberos could be ignored
> in this case).
psftp....
Great, so you can't even use the right example. Classy.
As it happens, sftp is just a wrapper around ssh, and ssh itself
statically linked is:
text data bss dec hex
1445154 24580 52312 1522046 17397e
So, even bigger than openssl.
> BTW, what is limiting the bsd.rd size? It's not for a floppy. I've tried
> searching and found only a "rumor" that there is might be the size limit.
First off, you are suggesting that we double the size of the large thing
on the install media. You are showing that you can't do any research at
all, but want to throw ideas out.
My main reason is Taste. I'll stand against the addition of useless
stuff that people can't use correctly.
You are throwing sftp out there as an idea, without any deep consideration.
I don't know who you are asking us to keep serving your needs. Never
heard of you before.
