On Tue, 15 May 2007 18:15:25 +0200, "Stefan Sperling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > >On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 11:03:01PM -0300, Andr?s Delfino wrote: > > > >| >And what/who needs this? > > I do. Not because I want to write non-portable sed, but because I > often come across scripts I want to use that use GNU sed features. > > I really don't see the point of your argument. > There is a port and there is a maintainer for it. > Where's your problem?
I am not a developer and in no way speak officially for the project, but my opinion follows; The problem is this is a BSD project and unless it is something that is very important to have (and gsed may very well qualify) the project should be kept free from as much GPL'ed software as possible. I feel that one of the goals of the project should be to rid the base install of all GPL'ed software and eventually the entire ports tree as well. I apologize in advance if this starts a BSD/GPL flamewar. Not my intention. And since this is a "BSD" mailing list I see no reason it *should* cause one.
