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Getting Software Added to Unix Distributions?
suso asks: "I've been working on a set of programs called num-utils that I would eventually like to be considered for inclusion in some of the many free Un*x distributions (on the install CDs, etc). So my question is, how does one put their applications on the track to be included in the main distribution of Red Hat, Debian, SuSE, *BSD, and so on? Is this just something that is up to the maintainers or are there submission forms of some kind?"
Quite right, and why exactly does the submitter say Un*x? What else goes in there but an i? Nit picking can be annoying but come on, this is Slashdot - we see *nix in every fifth story, is it so much to ask to get it right?
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Hi! I have written a set of programs called dum-utils. Here are the basic functionality: average: A program that will print out a random number between 0 and the sum of all input. bound: Will bind two number together, e.g. if you bound 6 and 3 then 6 will effectively be a 3 in all subsequent calculations and vice versa. interval: Will give you the time from you started using this tool, until you stopped using them, (the shorter the time, the smarter your are!) dumgrep: Will grep input or files for dumb names like "Brian", "Stevo". dumprocess: Looks for other dumb programs like "ed" and so on. dumsum: The sum of all dumb people on the planet, will contact ftp server of distro and get download count. randum: Generate a random dumb sentence like "Why do people eat food when there are stones?". range: The range a dumb person needs to be at to get shot with a rifle, currently about 400 meters. round: Draws round circles all over the screen. The utils are written in Befunge-93 and will be available shortly.
Have you ever seen a micro distribution with perl? No? Well there is a reason.. perl is huge, and I don't want it on my system w/o my express consent. It was not "stupid" of FreeBSD to not include it in the base distro, it's called giving your users a choice. Of course, maybe you just don't understand how FreeBSD's ports work. Your inability to see the usefulness of this, and instead to insult the intelligence and question the reasoning behind their decision without looking at both sidees is indicative of a troll or just being a jerk in general.
Anybody who claims perl is less of a hassle or hugely faster to develop with just doesn't know how to program with C properly. As both a perl and a C programmer, each has their place and can often do the job of the other. Neither one is inherently better. Only those who know one but not the other (or those that know neither/nothing) have such gross misconceptions as to what should be done in what.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It's just that yours is stupid.