On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:18:57 +0200, Karsten Hopp <karsten@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > THE is a text editor similar to xedit which runs on s390/s390x z/VM. > If you think vi's or emacs UI is cryptic, try out THE and you'll be happy with > vi (or emacs) again. We ship it as a convinience for the z/VM administrators > who are used to xedit, but you really don't want it if you're not one of them. > I'm not sure about Regina, is anyone really interested in Rexx anymore ? > It is a requirement for THE and quite common on mainframes, but thats it. > In the Linux world Perl and Python are way more common, there's no need to > learn another interpreter language. Questions about the sanity of a user who likes using Rexx on x86 hardware aside for the moment. There are significant long term ramifications for community "Extras" when dealing with situations where "Core" package mantainers choose to not compile up an arch because it would be considered unnecessary bloat. This is going to greatly complicate how "Extras" and "Core" packagers have to interact without getting in the way of each other. I'd rather have to avoid any situation where a niche set of users have to compile up an arch specfic "Extras" for functionality they like solely because Core's package was delibrately built to exclude the arch without a specific technical reason. If it doesn't compile for the arch or if there is clearly an arch specific tool because of its low level hardware access nature like yaboot, thats different. Maybe once the centralized "Extras" walks out of the vapor, this issue will evaporate under the light of new policy and the workings of the centralized build system, but maybe it won't. In any case, avoiding situations where community will want to compile up Core packages for specific excluded arches would be one less core/community packager complexity. -jef
