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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
Subject: Re: GLEP 30: "Planet Gentoo" web log aggregator
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 08:44:23 -0400
On Tuesday 26 October 2004 06:37 am, Dylan Carlson wrote:
> It would be cool if it also used finger/.plan, because that would be
> simpler, especially for people who like doing everything from a
> terminal.  .plan files are neat because they can also be abused by things
> like cron jobs.  I say that as a joke, because, I know someone would do it
> eventually.

finger has been requested in the past and always shot down due to:
 - it's not really critical / useful
 - it's another possible security hole
dont get me wrong, i like finger ;), it's just not worth it really
-mike

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