Re: ctm(1) deprecation in the FreeBSD base system?

From: Julian H. Stacey <jhs_at_berklix.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:48:34 +0200
A cost(=time)/benefit look on moving ctm from src/ to ports/ :
- No tangible architecture benefit (its not like purging an old driver
  to makes kernel support simpler, or avoiding clashing libs etc)
- FreeBSD would shrink 0.028 % of the size of src/
	cd /pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/src
	du -s -k .	# 1223922
	du -s -k `find . -type d -name \*ctm\*`
		196     ./usr.sbin/ctm
		74      ./usr.sbin/ctm/ctm
		12      ./usr.sbin/ctm/ctm_dequeue
		44      ./usr.sbin/ctm/ctm_rmail
		18      ./usr.sbin/ctm/ctm_smail
	dc 196 74 12 44 18 + + + + p 344
	dc 344000000000 1223922 / p 281063	# then move 9 points
	xcalc 344 / 1223922	# 0.0002810636

Those who would do the work might want to ponder if 0.028 % is best use of 
their time, or if more fun & benefit to work on some other part of FreeBSD ?

Cheers,
Julian
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