[illumos-Developer] Moving /usr/sbin/ping out of pkg:/network/ftp

[Joshua M. Clulow]

On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Samuel Younge <samuel.younge at 31415.org> wrote:
> It think having a separate package for every tcp/ip tool is a bit of an overkill and inconvenient to install.
> I think it makes more sense to build the tcp/ip base suite.   Maybe in a package called pkg:/network/tcpip

Why not do both -- small, cohesive packages for individual tools and
then convenience packages like "network/tcpip" that pull in a bunch of
the smaller packages.  As has so often been said, packages are cheap
and you can only minimise if you have choice.  We may as well meet
both objectives.

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Joshua M. Clulow
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