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Subject: Re: [PATCH] distro: Add util-linux.
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:37:31 +0100
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To: Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
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Hi,

Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> skribis:

> util-linux and net-tools contains a lot of tools that are rarely
> needed, it would be nice to limit the number of their tools that are
> added as a pre-requisite for a Guix system.

Indeed.  When we have a bootable distro, the goal is to use primarily
GNU versions of the tools, obviously.

Now, I think it=E2=80=99s OK to have packages for free variants of these GNU
tools, for users who want them; it just won=E2=80=99t be the default.

> I know InetUtils could use a 'arp' tool, and I have one almost
> completed sitting here locally for some time that I intend to push...

Heh, good!

(In a similar vein, I hope that GNU Pies can become suitable as our
daemon manager.)

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.