Re: ping on CD
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On 03/21/2007 07:19 PM, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 March 2007 23:01, Richard Atterer wrote:
>> So I would like to support the OP's request: Would it be possible to
>> add ping despite the fact that it is not essential? Adding it to
>> busybox would probably only add a couple kB to the installer's size.
>
> This has been discussed about 20 times already. Unless you can give any
> _real_ arguments why ping is essential, I very much doubt this will
> change.
Frans,
From the feedback of a lot of users, they really miss the
ping, I always tell them about wget, but their reply is always
something like: "wow! ping would be much easier/better".
I learned to use wget and that's fine, but maybe if we
change the point of view and think that ping is something that
users like to use (instead of wget) why not add it? :-)
Sorry if I'm missing something like (it is too big or too
complicated), but I wouldn't think about the essential status of
'ping', instead I would try to see it as something that users
would like to have (and expect to find), and afterall, we are
trying to give the best for them.
> Cheers,
> FJP
Just my two cents. Kind regards,
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Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw)
"Debian. Freedom to code. Code to freedom!"
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