From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 17 17:34:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18B2C16A4D0 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 17:34:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from ms-smtp-01-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (ms-smtp-01-smtplb.ohiordc.rr.com [65.24.5.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD00543D31 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 17:34:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from meb@cinci.rr.com) Received: from cinci.rr.com (cvg-65-27-178-227.cinci.rr.com [65.27.178.227]) i1I1YoMV024141 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:34:50 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4032C0BF.4000303@cinci.rr.com> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:32:47 -0500 From: Mike Berning User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Windows/20040207) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <200402162041.i1GKfV4s056904@sleipnir.ncsa.uiuc.edu> <200402171938.i1HJckEA005628@dee.skynet.be> <4032A884.80006@xtaz.net> In-Reply-To: <4032A884.80006@xtaz.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Aligning GENERIC with NOTES? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 01:34:51 -0000 I like the way GENERIC is arranged, and I've come to expect it NOT to change that much between releases. Change for the sake of change or personal whim is wrong; we need change for the better. Who can honestly say that notes is more or less confusing than GENERIC for these new users you speak of? NOTES is notes on kernel options and GENERIC is a real kernel config. To me that difference is not reconcilable. Mike Matt Smith wrote: > Brad Knowles wrote: > >> If you don't want anything to change, then tracking -CURRENT is a >> really bad idea. > > > Personally I run -current and have done for the last year. However I > have NEVER used NOTES or LINT in my life. I have configured my custom > kernels just by cp GENERIC BLAH, and then editing BLAH. > > I have no idea what the order of NOTES etc is. But if I ever found > GENERIC have changed from what I expect it to be I would be annoyed as > I know and love the current GENERIC layout. > > I can see where you are coming from if you DID use NOTES etc however > please bear a thought for the people like me who have gone 100% from > GENERIC ever since they have used freebsd. Personally I have used fbsd > since 3.x and GENERIC has not changed much since. I'm used to it! > > Matt. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"